The Nurse

Scene 5
"Why, love, i say! Madam! Sweetheart! why, bride!"

The nurse is getting excited because it is Juliets wedding day with Paris

She is forgetting about Romeo, her current husband

Scene 5
"O day, O day, O day, O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this"

All the excitment she had turns into to sadness

Starts saying how she has never seen a day as sad as this

This contrast all her excitment and joy she had in the morning.

Scene 2
"shame on Romeo"
"Hie to your chamber. i'll find Romeo. To comfort you. I wot well where is he."

Nurse is saying that Romeo should be ashamed for killing Tybalt hoever to comfort Juliet she goes off to find him

Trying to comfort and look after Juliet giving a motherly image

Acting like a messanger

Scene 3
"I'll tell my lady you will come"
"Here, sir a ring she bid me give you"

She is delivering stuff to romeo for juliet and also delievering messages back to juliet

She is trying to help there relationship and keep it strong for both of them

once again makes her seem like a messanger

"I think it's best you married with the county - O, he's a lovely gentlemen!"

Changes her mind to stay out of trouble and keep the drama going

Contrast the earlier Act when she was telling juliet to marry romeo

Audience sees nurse in different light

Shes been playing with Juliet heart as if it was a game

Doesnt want to face the consquences so she takes the easy way out of things

Lets others suffer for her mistakes. She is selfish

She lets Juliet down in moment of need, bad advice

Act 1 Scene 5
"I nursed her daughter that you talked withal"

Constant reference to the fact she is close to her

pride- Gives the nurse a sense of worth

Scene 3
"Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days"

Motherly love for Juliet, wants her to be happy

More central motherly role than Lady Capulet

Taking care of her since her since she was a baby

Scene 3
"And she was weaned- i never shall forget it"

Demonstrates closeness to Juliet. Shows off perhaps, that che has known her since birth- Pride

Scene 3
"i pray thee hold thy peace"

Over the top about her relationship with Juliet

Scene 5
"Hie hour hence to friar lawrence cell"

Messenger trying to help with Juliets relationship

Scene 5 the nurse enjoys the power she has over juliet- she knows Romeos answer the the marriage and it gives her a sense of self worth.

-She enjoys the drama of the situation
-Acts as a messenger between Romeo and Juliet

She is constantly involved in Romeo and Juliets conversing

In Act 2 Other characters see the nurse as annoying and very talkative. Also Mercutio and Romeo further make fun of her and mock her by her looks.

They do not have very much respect for her