The Nurse In Romeo And Juliet Essay

In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare, Nurse has a major role in the play. She is the messenger between Romeo and Juliet. Nurse planned the wedding of the Romeo and Juliet. Moreover, she was the one to figure out that Juliet is dead. She shows motivation in a lot of ways but most significantly in family obligation, loyalty and much more. The Nurse keeps the secret hidden from everyone about Juliet. Because of the Nurse, Juliet’s parents does not find out about her marriage and do not get suspicious. In the play, the Nurse has a goal and a motivation for keeping Romeo and Juliet together. She is motivated by love, passion, misunderstanding, and fear. The Nurse has many family obligations, it is her job to watch over Juliet and keep her safe; therefore, she goes to talk to Romeo and figures out what is going on and she is the first one to find out that he wants to marry Juliet. She knows that Juliet and Romeo marriage is wrong because he is born to a family enemy of the Capulet’s. But, in the end, they do not care about their families. In the beginning of Act 3, not longer before Romeo and Juliet meet, there was a fight between both families (Montagues and Capulets). The Nurse thinks that Romeo does not really love Juliet, but that is not true. Later on, Nurse finds out that Romeo is truly in love with Juliet and he is willing to marry her as soon as possible without caring about their
Infact, Juliet does not want to marry Lord Paris. In addition, Nurse does not want Juliet to be alone, so she acts as Juliet loves Paris in front of her parents. In Act 3 of Scene 4 Juliet’s mother, ‘Lady Capulet’ is also worried about Juliet’s loneliness. Nurse thinks that ‘The Lovers’ are misunderstood because even though they come from two different families, love is still possible. Conversely, Romeo and Juliet want to end the rivalry between their families, which actually continue on even after their