Question

What does headstrong mean as it is used in the following lines from Act IV, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet? [Enter Juliet.] Capulet: How now, my headstrong! where have you been gadding?” Juliet: Where I have learn’d me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition To you and your behests; and I am enjoin’d By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here,3/30/2015 Romeo and Juliet: Unit Test To beg your pardon:--pardon, I beseech you! Henceforward I am ever rul’d by you. (1 point) A.brave B.intelligent C.strong D.willful

Answer 1

Headstrong in both this context and in general means that someone is "willful" although it usually has the connotation of being slightly negative in many ways.