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Shakespeare's Presentation of the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is a story of two families with an 'ancient grudge'. One family the Capulets is the home of Juliet and her Nurse who is also a close friend. She is more of a mother figure to Juliet than her natural mother. In Act 1 Scene 3 the function of the nurse is to add humour to the scene and to highlight the weak relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet. Also she is an information giver. The nurse refers to Juliet as 'lamb' and 'ladybird'. This is a sign of close bond, whereas Lady Capulet refers to her as 'daughter', which sounds more formal. The way the nurse refers to Juliet implies that they are much closer than Juliet and her mother are. There seems to be a relaxed atmosphere around them. Lady Capulet asks for the nurse to leave the room while she talks to Juliet 'in secret'. But straight after the nurse is called back in again. This suggests that Lady Capulet feels uncomfortable about talking to Juliet on her own and wants the nurse to be there, as Lady Capulet knows Juliet is very fond of the nurse. The nurse was Juliet's wet nurse, and it is proven that a bond between a baby and one who feeds it very strong. When the nurse talks about Juliet's childhood she reminisces about her past as she had a daughter of her own, Susan. Unfortunately she died and so did her husband leaving the nurse very distraught. Juliet soon became like her own daughter; she took the place of Susan. This shows that the nurse is quite an affectionate character. In this speech there are a lot of dashes, which shows that she is talking about lots of different t... ... middle of paper ... ...Shakespeare's pawn to guide the events of the play in a dramatic manner. The audience reaction to this scene would be shocked, as they would never think that Juliet and the nurse would ever be like this after such a long time of being so close. All of this portrays the Nurse's importance in the play. Without her, the play would be less entertaining as she adds humour to the play, but also makes the sad moment even more depressing as when Juliet dies, we feel sorry for the Nurse the most as she has brought her up from when she was born and she has to witness her tragic death, which she may feel partly responsible for, as she advised Juliet to forget about Romeo and wed Paris. The plot could not have been developed and the story could not have been facilitated if it was not for the essential character of the Nurse!
The Nurse is more influential than Lady Capulet in Juliet’s life, and she even contributes to the death of Juliet.
William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is set in Verona,Italy in the 14th century. It is about two families in Verona that are in a feud. One of the main characters, Juliet Capulet, is taken care of by her nurse, Angelica. Juliet trusts Angelica with all the news about Romeo. She plays an important role in Juliet’s life. Angelica is a lot like a mother that talks a lot and helps Juliet with everything.
Juliet's Nurse is first introduced to the play in Act I Scene 3. It is
the Nurse wants Juliet to be safe and happy and that she is not just
his life round than just one woman. On the same night they go out Romeo first sets his eyes on Juliet and it is love at first sight. They are both for Romeo or Juliet when they most need it. The Nurse is totally devoted to Juliet and is also loyal to her.
Firstly, Juliet is misguided by the Nurse – a bawdy woman who is too caught up in her own sentimental feelings to support and direct Juliet through hers. She is responsible for encouraging Juliet’s marriage with Romeo (her lover) shortly after they meet, despite knowing that
She helped Juliet and Romeo with the wedding by relaying what Juliet was supposed to do to get married to Romeo back to Juliet. She had also gone to find Romeo for Juliet numerous times. The Nurse had also told Romeo and Juliet who each of them
Juliet- Juliet is a Capulet and the love of Romeo. She is also the love interest of Paris but despises him very much. Juliet much like Romeo is very fickle when it comes to emotions.
The Nurse was also responsible for the tragic ending of the play. When Romeo and Juliet met, the Nurse became their messenger. She helped them be together even though she knew Romeo was a Montague and that Juliet's family would disapprove. The Nurse brought news to Juliet from Romeo telling her to sneak out so they could get married. She helped Juliet get out of her house by bringing her a rope ladder to climb off her balcony with and telling her parents that she went to shrift. The Nurse kept Romeo and Juliet's marriage a secret from the families. When Juliet's parents said she should marry Paris, the Nurse agreed and said that Juliet should forget about Romeo because he was in Mantua. With the Nurse no longer on her side she had no one to help her and back her up but the Friar. In this way she had a large impact on the terrible ending of Romeo and Juliet.
Secondly, the imbecile wet nurse of Juliet plays an unsupportive parental role during Juliet’s misery of losing Romeo in ba...
The Nurse was another ally to Romeo and Juliet. The Nurse loved Juliet and wanted what was best for her.
Nora, who is there with Julie and is her best friend, against her original judgement regarding R, she decides to help them in bringing humans and corpses together. Nora is effectively the nurse who sought to aid Romeo and Juliet in concealing and maintaining their love. Nora even comes to the rescue and saves R’s life in order to preserve Julie’s happiness. The nurse and Nora both do everything to help, not for R or Romeo, but their friend Julie or Juliet to keep them together to help prolong their love. This one aspect of how Nora and the Nurse help their friend, is one of the two major character references to Romeo and Juliet.
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