Romeo & Juliet - Nurses Role essays

Romeo & Juliet - Nurse's Role essays The play, Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, is about two teenagers called Romeo and Juliet who fall in love. Only one person knows about it, and that is Juliets nurse. Romeo and Juliets families hate each other, so they do not tell their parents, because they would be extremely angry that they were in love, and would not let Romeo and Juliet see each other. Throughout the play we see the Nurse as a comedian, or in some parts, such as Tybalts death, a serious character. I see the nurse as motherly, as she treats Juliet as if she were her own daughter, and knows her a lot better than Juliets mother. Juliets mother did not even know her own daughters age. The nurse often acted before thinking about the problems they would cause. When Juliet and Romeo first met, the nurse asked him his name, and even though she found out he was a member of the Montagues, which was the hated family of Juliets family, she still told Juliet. Juliet said, My only love, sprung from my only hate which shows that she was very upset, and confused about what to do. The Nurse doesnt see what is so awful about it, and helps Romeo and Juliet meet in secret. The nurse also helped Romeo and Juliet marry in secret. This shows she was more like a friend than a nurse to Juliet, as she risked her job to help Juliet. Juliet asked her to go and find Romeo, and see if he had made arrangements for their marriage. Romeo had, and said, some means to come to shrift this afternoon, And there she shall at Friar Lawrence cell The nurse was protective of Juliet, because after Romeo had told her about the marriage arrangements she asked him if he was trustworthy, she said, Is your man secret? Did you neer hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? ...