Pronouns: you vs. thou

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet includes a range of pronouns that seem archaic today, such as “thou”, “thee”, “thine”, and “thy”. This obviously has to do with the age of the play, but the characters’ use of pronouns also holds information about the relationship between the characters or their social status. 

The pronoun “you” is mainly used between upper-class characters, even when they are closely related. It is also used by inferiors to superiors, such as children to parents or servants to masters. This is why we see Juliet ...