Nurse Flashcards
The nurse is presented as
nurturing (as a maternal figure), protecitve over Juliet, representation of the working class
challenges upper class when protective
‘Nurse, where’s my daughter’
By Lady Capulet
Lady capulet is dependant on Nurse to know about her daughter - shows the generational divide and lack of care
nurse must act as the maternal figure
‘i have remember’d thee;…
By Lady Capulet
…thou’s hear our council’
cannot have an intimate + real conversation with juliet without the nurse
‘I can tell her age…
…unto an hour’
shows closeness - nurse present at birth
wet nurse- usually lower class feeding the rich
‘ill find romeo…
…to comfort you’
cares for juliet - will do anything to make her feel better
modal verb ‘will’ displays her determination to make Juliet feel better
‘O Nurse, how shall this…
- By Juliet
…be prevented’
looks to nurse for advice and help
nurse is known by juliet to be nurturing and helpful
‘If you should lead her in a fool’s paradise […] a very…
- To Romeo
…gross kind of behaviour’
warns Romeo not to mislead Juliet
subverts hierarchal powers to protect Juliet
‘Will you speak well of him…
…that killed your cousin?’
protective - doesnt want Juliet in the conflict and hurt any more by it
‘?’ suggests Juliet has ultimate choice and Nurse’s love cant make her force juliet
‘O wicked fiend!’
Spoken by Juliet
Nurse still peseveres to protect Juliet despite this
wants to protect her even if it sours relationship
‘You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so’
To Capulet
trying to intervene by stopping capulet from abusing Juliet
attempt to subvert social power heirarchies driven by her love and protectiveness over Juliet
‘Nurse, where’s my daughter?’
said by Lady Capulet
‘Nurse’ suggests position of servitude
dehumanised - no name, just her occupation
‘Call her forth to me’
By Lady Capulet
imperatives - dehumanised
ordered
Romeo and Capulet quotes to show diverting powers of higher status as a lower class character
