Romeo And Juliet Nurse's Grief

Throughout the story of Romeo and Juliet, the Nurse is a mother-figure to Juliet. First of all she grieves the loss of Juliet, like a mom would grieve the loss of her daughter, when Juliet drank the vial that Friar Lawrence gave her to fake her death. “O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! Most lamentable day, most woeful day. That ever, ever I did get behold!” (Shakespeare 1083). In this quote the nurse is showing grief for Juliet’s death. She is doing this by saying that this is the saddest day she has ever seen. Second, she wants Juliet to be happy and doesn’t just enforce what Lord Capulet says. “Go, girl, Seek happy nights to happy days” (1008). When the nurse said this she was saying to Juliet that she should go and do whatever would