Table of Contents
- 1 Who does Juliet think the nurse is talking about?
- 2 What does Juliet think of the nurse’s advice?
- 3 Did the nurse breastfeed Juliet?
- 4 How does Juliet react to the nurse’s advice and what does this mean as far as their relationship is concerned?
- 5 What does Juliet first think has happened when the nurse enters distraught?
- 6 What is the message that the nurse must give to Juliet?
- 7 Why does Juliet lie to her parents and nurse?
- 8 What does the nurse do to help Romeo and Juliet?
Who does Juliet think the nurse is talking about?
Describe Juliet’s rapidly changing attitudes toward Romeo in this scene. At first Juliet thinks that Romeo has been killed because the nurse is talking about the death of someone but does not tell her the person’s name. She is worried about him.
What does Juliet think of the nurse’s advice?
Juliet is overwrought and frustrated. She has trusted the nurse with her secret love of Romeo and even her secret marriage. But, now her trusted companion is encouraging her to commit a grave sin by marrying Paris even though she is married to Romeo. She feels that the nurse is two-faced and untrustworthy.
Who is Juliet’s nurse looking for?
Alack the day, he’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead!” The Nurse is the one to deliver the news of Romeo’s banishment to Juliet; in spite of Tybalt’s murder coming from Romeo’s hands, Juliet bids the Nurse to seek out Romeo for her at Friar Laurence’s cell for one final night with him before he flees to Mantua.
Who does Juliet think was killed when the nurse first comes to talk to her?
Juliet waits impatiently for night to fall so that she can celebrate her wedding night with Romeo. The Nursearrives and in her grief, misleads Juliet into thinking that Romeo has been killed.
Did the nurse breastfeed Juliet?
The Nurse brought Juliet up from childhood, breast-feeding her and caring for her like a mother. In the play, Shakespeare presents the Nurse as Juliet’s surrogate mother – a maternal figure, who truly loves Juliet, wants her to be happy and will do anything for that happiness.
How does Juliet react to the nurse’s advice and what does this mean as far as their relationship is concerned?
Juliet is worried because she wants to know Romeo’s thoughts on the marriage. Juliet is impatient towards the nurse. She calls the nurse old but then cares for her back. How does the nurse drive Juliet “Mad” with impatience for her news?
What does Juliet call the nurse?
What, Juliet! JULIET. How now, who calls? NURSE. Your mother.
What does Juliet first think when the nurse enters?
When Juliet misunderstands the Nurse and thinks that Romeo is dead, she does not think that he was killed, but that he killed himself. And thinking that Romeo is dead, Juliet quickly decides that she too must die. Her love for Romeo will allow no other course of action.
What does Juliet first think has happened when the nurse enters distraught?
But the Nurse is so distraught, she stumbles over the words, making it sound as if Romeo is dead. Juliet assumes Romeo has killed himself, and she resigns to die herself. The Nurse then begins to moan about Tybalt’s death, and Juliet briefly fears that both Romeo and Tybalt are dead.
What is the message that the nurse must give to Juliet?
What message does the nurse take to Juliet? Juliet must say she is going to confession in order for the marriage between Romeo and herself to take place. What warning does Friar Laurence give Romeo foreshadowing future events of the play?
What did the nurse do wrong in Romeo and Juliet?
What did the nurse do wrong in Romeo and Juliet? The Nurse allows Juliet to marry Romeo which started the whole snowball rolling and also did not tell her superiors, even knowing that it was not right for her. She also made the mistake of telling Juliet to marry Paris which Juliet to use the friars broken plan.
How does the nurse behave toward Juliet?
The nurse’s behavior indicates an abiding affection for Juliet. It is the nurse who acts as a messenger for the lovers. Her discretion and resourcefulness makes it possible for Friar Lawrence to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret. In act 3, scene 5, the nurse warns Juliet that her mother is coming to her bedroom.
Why does Juliet lie to her parents and nurse?
Juliet lies to her parents because they are unaware of her marriage to Romeo and are planning her marriage to Paris. She lies to the nurse because she believes the nurse has betrayed her by taking her parents side, even though the nurse knows the real truth about her relationship with Romeo. Source (s) Romeo and Juliet.
What does the nurse do to help Romeo and Juliet?
The Nurse is Juliet’s Confidante At first, the Nurse supports the romance between Romeo and Juliet. She acts as a messenger , encourages the secret marriage, and even helps Romeo secretly enter Juliet’s bedchamber. Later, however, the Nurse turns her position and encourages Juliet to abandon Romeo.