Within Romeo and Juliet the nurse is used as a means of communication between the two star crossed lovers. More than this the nurse is a mother figure to Juliet. The nurse is first introduced in act 1 scene 3, when speaking of Juliet’s age and how she was as a child. Introducing the nurse like this gives her a motherly impression to the reader by showing how much she cares and knows about Juliet. Throughout the beginning of the play you are able to further see the development of the nurse along with Juliet even if their characters may eventually diverge.
The nurse supports Juliet in her decision to be with Romeo. She is only one of a few people that knows about Romeo and Juliet and is willing to help them. Juliet was raised by the nurse who was her wet nurse when she was growing up. Their relationship is playful and caring throughout the beginning of the play. This shows how close the two of them are. In the beginning of the book Lady Capulet speaks to Juliet about a marriage with Paris and the Lady is unable to recount Juliet’s age while the nurse is able to as
…show more content…
Many times throughout the play, the nurse speaks only of the physical aspects of a relationship or marriage. She does not speak of emotions or caring, and may not believe in this being a necessary component of love or marriage. The nurse refers to men as untrustworthy and cheaters even though she had been married. In act 3 scene 2 lines 85-87 the nurse says “There’s no trust, No faith, no honesty in men. All perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.” Her view on men is very pessimistic and narrow in believing that all men are the same. This belief may have led to the conflict further in the story where the nurse betrayed Juliet. Due to this understanding of love that the nurse possesses she may not have been able to comprehend the type of love that Romeo and Juliet had. This causing her to betray Juliet and lose her
This conflict in viewpoint shows itself when she encourages Juliet to overlook the expelled Romeo and wed Paris, deceiving Juliet's trust by upholding a false marriage: I think it best you wedded with the County. O, he's a lovely gentleman . Romeo's a dishclout to him. Juliet can hardly imagine how the nurse offers such a strategy after she praised Romeo and united the couple. The nurse attendant is at last subject to the impulses of society. Her social position puts her in the serving class — she isn't enabled to make change around her. Her maternal nature toward Juliet floats her to help Juliet in wedding Romeo; be that as it may,when Capulet winds up incensed, the Medical caretaker withdraws rapidly into accommodation and desires Juliet to overlook
The nurse is a part of the house of Montague. She is a very down to earth woman, who will be sure of Juliet's happiness at all costs. The following quote is an example of this.
They tell eachother everything. Most importantly, they can trust one another. Juliet turns to the Nurse for every problem she has. She depends on the Nurse to be there for her, especially in times of struggles and her love life. Throughout her love story with Romeo, the Nurse plays a very active role in Juliet’s life. We see the Nurse helping her to sneak away with Romeo but on the other side, we see the Nurse telling Juliet to obey her family orders, which relates back to the conflict between a parent figure and child.
Without the help of the Nurse, Romeo and Juliet would not have married or had a way to interact with each other. This is clearly shown in Act II Scene V where the Nurse talks to Romeo about the marriage plans. “I will tell her, sir that up do protests, which, as I take it is a gentlemanlike offer.”(836) If the Nurse had not been present as a messenger, communication between Romeo and Juliet would have been difficult and extremely risky. The Nurse is a mother figure to Juliet because, she takes care of Juliet and gives her advice. There are many situations where Juliet relies on the Nurse. For instance on her wedding night, the nurse helps Romeo by getting him a ladder to Juliet’s room. Thus, the Nurse influences the story by bringing the two young lovers together and helping them marry.
It was a shock to Juliet that she didn’t support as before. The nurse played as an important role to her, however it wasn’t how Juliet was expected it was going to happen. Juliet was left on her own to make some very important decisions at the age of 15. I believe that if the Nurse had been around to help Juliet things may have turned out differently. Strangely, she advised Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris, betraying Juliet’s trust by advocating a false marriage: “I think it best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman. Romeo’s a dish clout to him”(3.5.218). Juliet can’t believe that the Nurse offers such a course of action after the Nurse praised Romeo and helped bring the couple together. She could not have gone to Lady Capulet or Lord Capulet, because they would not have understood.
“An honour! Were not I thine only nurse, I would say thou hadst suck’d wisdom from thy teat” (1.3. 452). Her relationship with the Nurse was the opposite of the one she shared with her true parents and this lead Juliet to going to her Nurse whenever she had a predicament. This was counter-productive because these predicaments that she went to her Nurse for help lead to her dying because it was the Nurse’s obligation to side with Juliet and do what she was asked, even if it opposed what her parents would have approved. These jobs that Juliet set her Nurse out to complete were rebellious of what her parents would have wanted her to be doing. It was still a healthier relationship than the one that Juliet shared with her mother and father, which was significant considering the fact that she was a teenager when she faced all the issues that came with her forbidden love.
The Character of the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet The Nurse has a very important role in the play, being Juliet’s closest friend and helping her in her illicit relationship with Romeo. Her position in the Capulet household is superior to that of a normal servant. She is very familiar when she talks to Lady Capulet, and at times oversteps the mark. She talks about the daughter she once had and lost, and it is evident that Juliet is like a replacement and the Nurse lavishes all her motherly love and protectiveness on Juliet.
One of the most important relationships in Romeo and Juliet is the relationship between the Nurse and Juliet. In Act 1, Scene 3 we are introduced to the most vivid character of the play, the Nurse. With her speech that begins "Even or odd, of all days in the year, Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen." (1.3.16-48), we learn that she nursed
The Nurse is a good friend of Juliet´s and also played a big role in raising her. The nurse wanted the best for juliet and for her to be happy therefore, she encouraged her to get married. ¨Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away..¨(2.4, 185) This showed how the nurse knew how dangerous it was for the people to find out they were married yet, she still allowed the marriage and told them to betray their parents and keep it secret. The nurse also sent Romeo letters for Juliet to keep them in contact. ¨There stays a husband to make you a wife. Now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeks.¨(2.5). This shows that the nurse had talked to romeo. Although, Friar is the one who brought the idea of
The Nurse, a woman who is supposed to help guide Juliet on the right path, yet mistakenly confuses Juliet’s needs with her father’s wants. Although the Nurse does not realize it, the attempt at provoking Juliet to marry Paris could have further convinced Juliet that she did not want to live with her family any longer, and ask Friar Lawrence for help, which is important because this resulted in her death (Act
The Role of the Nurse in Her Relationship with Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
In the play, the Nurse is one of the closest individual to Juliet. She has been with Juliet since her birth and treated her has her own. She’s breastfeed Juliet and has made most of her decisions in her life. However, due to one of her decisions she’s led Juliet to her death. For the reason that, the Nurse let Juliet and Romeo get married without their parents knowledge for example, in Act 2, Scene 4, and Line 189-190 the Nurse is speaking to Romeo and tells
One reason the nurse is the most appealing, is she is very supportive and a big part of Juliet's life. “I must another way, to fetch a ladder, by the which you love, must climb a birds nest soon when it is dark” (Romeo and Juliet 57). Though the nurse doesn't really want juliet to marry Romeo all that much, the nurse is still supportive of Juliet and helps her with her decisions.
Some other relationships Juliet and Romeo had were with the nurse. The Nurse was Juliet's only companion, and trusted advisor. She gave Juliet the news about Romeo’s heritage and passed information between the couple. At first the nurse seems okay with Romeo and Juliet’s romance. However later when she discovers the planned marriage of Paris to Juliet she turns her back, which obviously hurts
The writer used a young lady in the play to show us that during the renaissance period, woman’s life goals were just to please their parents, marriage, then pleasing their husbands and bearing children. In portraying the major theme of family feuds, we see that Juliet is given an uncommon strength such as denying to marry Paris who is a husband that her family have chosen for her but rather marry Romeo even though it is against her family. The Nurse is a personal servant, guardian of Juliet and has been since she was born. The Nurse is of a lower class. The writer used this in showing us that during the renaissance era, children were taken care by the employed nurses and did not have much of a relationship with their parents. This symbolize the theme of family