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Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches. But, until a disagreement near the play’s end, the Nurse is Juliet’s faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet’s affair with Romeo. She provides a contrast with Juliet, given that her view of love is earthy and sexual, whereas Juliet is idealistic and intense. The Nurse believes in love and wants Juliet to have a nice-looking husband, but the idea that Juliet would want to sacrifice herself for love is incomprehensible to her.

“rosemary and Romeo begin with [the same] letter” (II, iv, 220).

Romeo asks what of it, and the Nurse has no logical reply because it was simply another of her passing fancies; but the very incongruity of the remark will cause audiences and readers to remember it. Rosemary is the flower symbolizing the remembrance of the dead. It is important to note the way the Nurse gives her mouth free rein, and also the extent to which she is driven by her emotions.

Any scene with Juliet's Nurse is comic relief.


I would recommend actually reading the play. Go figure!