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Cutting Off Mercutio Language Analysis

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The Nurse establishes herself as Juliet’s bawdy lower-class confidant in the first act, and her second presence in the second act emanates the same raw unfiltered presence. In Act 2 Scene 4, the Nurse is taunted by Benvolio and Mercutio who compare her clothes to "a sail”, compare her aged to face to a fan's “fairer face” and tell her the “bawdy hand” of a clock indicates her time has passed. I chose the “Interrupting” voice technique to emphasize the Nurse's irritation when she snaps at Mercutio to get "Out upon you! (2.4.58) Beforehand. Cutting off Mercutio escalates her exasperated state and is fitting to the Nurse’s outspoken character. Language reflects how the characters see the world and the Nurse’s spontaneous outburst exhibits her

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