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William Shakespeare. Romeo and JulietNurse Character Analysis. The Nurse’s main role in the play is that of a secondary mother figure for Juliet. The Nurseclearly enjoys a closer relationship with Juliet than Lady Capulet does. This isn’t surprising, given the amount of responsibility she had in caring for Juliet since her birth.
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The Nurse, in her hilarious inability to stop telling the story about her husband’s innuendo about Juliet’s sexual development, shows a vulgar streak, but also a familiarity with Juliet that implies that it was she, and not Lady Capulet, who raised the girl. Indeed, it was the Nurse, and not Lady Capulet, who suckled Juliet as a baby (1.3.70).
Lady Capulet tells the nurse that Juliet is “of a certain age.”. Juliet’s nurse says she’s aware of Juliet’s age, because her own daughter—now deceased—was born on the same day; Juliet is almost 14. The nurse recalls the day Juliet stopped nursing at her breast—it was the same day of a terrible earthquake, and Juliet had a cut ...
MyShakespeare | Romeo & Juliet 1.3 Interview with Juliet, Lady Capulet, and The Nurse. Lady Capulet and the Nurse call Juliet to enter the scene. Lady Capulet wants to talk to her daughter, Juliet, about the possibility of marriage. They discuss the fact that Juliet still has two weeks left before her fourteenth birthday, but, as Lady Capulet ...
The nurse reminisces about the day Juliet stopped breastfeeding, coinciding with a devastating earthquake and an injury on Juliet's forehead, which prompted an inappropriate joke from the nurse's now-deceased husband. Lady Capulet instructs the nurse to be quiet. But the nurse continues her story until Juliet also requests her silence.
She loves Juliet deeply and, though employed by Juliet’s parents, Capulet and Lady Capulet, often goes against them in order to do what Juliet wants or needs of her. The nurse has a romantic side, often languishing in rambling stories about her late husband, and so when Juliet asks her nurse to help her secretly meet with and marry Romeo , the nurse is all too happy to help.
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Even or odd, of all the days in the year, she’ll be fourteen on the night of July 31st. She and my daughter Susan—God rest all Christian souls—were born that same day. Well, Susan died and is now with God. She was too good for me. But, as I said, on the night of July 31st, Juliet will be fourteen. Yes, she will indeed.
