In a world dictated by societal norms, the characters in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ are forced to navigate these constraints with little help from their parents. Set in Verona, this timeless tragedy tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families. Alongside the underlying theme of parental support, the play highlights how parental influence can drive one to extreme actions. In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, playwright William Shakespeare uses foils to highlight the differences in how Lady Capulet and the Nurse act as mother figures to Juliet. In the play, Shakespeare uses dramatic irony with Juliet’s mother Lady Capulet, to display how she and the Nurse are foils of one another, emphasizing on the emotional distance between …show more content…
This scene demonstrates the societal expectations and parental pressure Lady Capulet puts on Juliet regarding marriage, along with comparing Juliet to other girls her age that are already married. While Juliet’s response to this lacks overall enthusiasm for the matter of marriage, it demonstrates the obedience she has to her mother by focusing on her mother's opinions rather than prioritizing her own desires. This scene presents the formal and curosy nature of their relationship. Where Lady Capulet’s main focus and concerns are prioritized by societal image, rather than her own daughter's emotions. This quote represents dramatic irony because the audience knows that Juliet’s romantic life will complicate in the near future and to her mother’s advice, which is ultimately irrelevant and unhelpful to the path that Juliet’s life will take. A similar situation occurs in Act 3 Scene 5 when Lady Capulet believes Juliet is grieving over her cousin Tybalt, and promises to avenge his death. "Well, girl, thou weep’st not so much for his death as that the villain lives which slaughtered him." 3.5 …show more content…
Along with underscoring her failure to provide the emotional support Juliet needs. In contrast, Shakespeare uses indirect characterization of the Nurse to display how she and Lady Capulet are foils, showcasing the loving, trust-filled bond between the Nurse and Juliet. In Act 2 Scene 4, the Nurse warns Romeo not to toy with Juliet. She states, “The gentlewoman is young; and therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it is an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewomen, (2.4 171-173). This quote demonstrates the deep and genuine care the Nurse has for Juliet, warning Romeo not to lead her on or face consequences. It shows how the Nurse wants the best for Juliet, desiring to have her find someone kind, and honest rather than marry her off to the first suitor to offer. By using indirect characterization, the Nurse’s protective nature and distrust of Romeo are obvious, as she values Juliet’s happiness over her societal appearance.. One similar moment that demonstrates the Nurse's love for Juliet is when she tells Juliet that Romeo has been banned from Verona. “As Paris
Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was one of the biggest love story of all time. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star-crossed lovers from two families the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets and the Montague had a big fight that made the families very angry at each other. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. The two couple marry and run away. In the process both of them will die. When it comes to Romeo and Juliet who are the top three people that caused the two to die. The two people that are chosen are Friar Lawrence and Lady Capulet. Friar was chosen because he is the one that married Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet was chosen because she is forcing Juliet to marry Paris which is making Juliet want Romeo even more. The third thing
Nurse has betrayed Juliet, she and Friar Lawrence were the two who knew and believed in Romeo and Juliet's love, and Nurse abandons Juliet in a way in this scene, telling her to marry Paris, and forget Romeo. I think that when she is saying this that she is thinking of herself, and of what she could lose if they were discovered, but at the same time she was thinking of Juliet's well-being, and that she would be safe in Verona, with Paris: "I think that you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first; or, if it did not, Your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were As living here and you no use of him. " Lady Capulet shows a very different love for her daughter to the love which Nurse shows her, she has hardly looked after Juliet for much of her life, and is distanced from her. Around the period of time when the play was set there was a social tradition for the upper classes to have a 'wet nurse'. It would not have been accepted in soc... ...
This scene shows a contrast in Lord Capulet's personality and how he reacts to other characters in this scene, most especially Juliet. The scene brings about violence and an ultimatum from Lord Capulet which leads to tragedy. A chain of events start which embark on the
A foil is a character who serves as a contrast to another character. Writers often use foils to emphasize differences and traits of characters. Such an author would be William Shakespeare, author to many plays, including “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”. William Shakespeare uses foiling to emphasize one of the main character’s traits and differences. This “ foiling” relationship is between the main character Romeo and Paris.
The Nurse possesses many qualities. For example, she is very hearty towards Juliet, kind, protective, compassionate and a loving lady. In some parts of the play The Nurse can be long-winded, insensitive, arrogant, insecure and stupid at times but she loves Juliet very much, partially as she imagines that Juliet is a substitute for her own daughter Susan. She has a bawdy sense of humor, which brings out the naturalness of sex and childbearing. This is seen when she tells Juliet to look for love, - “Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days';. This displays a realistic attitude to love. Such bawdy realism is, like the ribaldry of Mercutio and company, a contrast with the tender, romantic and passionate feelings of Romeo and Juliet. The Nurse is a practical but rather stupid woman at times. She loves Juliet like her own child. Throughout the play The Nurse is very talkative. She will usually do what she believes is right or what Juliet wants, like secretly meeting with Romeo and arranging the wedding of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet is a riveting tale of two star-crossed lovers who uncover the dangers of passion and greed, and tragically end up dying, when the stars of fate refuse to line up in their favor. While fate may be guilty in the tragic outcome of the play, Lord Capulet’s greedy outlook upon his daughter Juliet, is the relationship that is most responsible for the untimely demise of the two lovers. When overwhelmed by greed and selfishness, Lord Capulet’s decisions drive Juliet to make risky, irrational choices out of desperation to avoid marriage to Paris, which ultimately lead to her, and Romeo’s, tragic end.
Portrayal of Juliet’s Relationship With Her Parents. The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written by Shakespeare in 1595. The play is about two teenagers attempting to peruse their love regardless of the fact that their families are in the midst of a feud that has been going on for decades. This essay will describe how Juliet’s Relationship with her parents is portrayed throughout different scenes.
The nurse has been taking care of Juliet since birth and always has the best intentions when it comes to Juliet. For example, the nurse one of the few people was aware of Juliet’s relationship with Romeo and she helped with arranging the marriage. In Act 2 Scene 6 the Nurse exchanges a message with Juliet saying, “NURSE: Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence’s cell./ There stays a husband to make you a wife./ Now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeks;/ They’ll be in scarlet straight at any news./ Hie you to church; I must another way,/ To fetch a ladder, by the which your love/ Must climb a bird’s nest soon when it is dark./ I am the drudge and toil in your delight,/ But you shall bear the burden soon at night./ Go; I’ll to dinner: hie you to the cell. JULIET: Hie to high fortune! Honest nurse, farewell.”(lines 73-83). This quote demonstrates the Nurse’s love for Juliet. In this scene, she comes back from talking to Romeo to tell the anxious Juliet the news on their marriage. This shows that, the Nurse will go out of her way to ensure that Juliet is happy. Furthermore, the Nurse is always there to protect Juliet even from her own father, Lord Capulet. In this scene, Lord Capulet has informed Juliet about her arranged marriage with Paris, knowing nothing about her relationship with Romeo. Lord Capulet and the Nurse have an argument: “CAPULET: Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday,/ Or never after look me in the face./ Speak not, reply not, do not answer me./ My fingers itch. --Wife, we scarce thought us blessed/ That God had lent us but this only child,/ But now I see this one is one too much,/ And that we have a curse in having her./ Out on her, hilding!/ NURSE: God in heaven bless her!/ You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so./ CAPULET: And why, my Lady Wisdom? Hold your tongue,/ Good
The Character of the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet The Nurse has a very important role in the play, being Juliet’s. closest friend and helping her in her illicit relationship with Romeo. Her position in the Capulet household is superior to that of a normal servant. The sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial She is very familiar when she talks to Lady Capulet, and at times oversteps the mark.
The nurse acts as a parental figure to Juliet, where she cares for her as if Juliet is her own child, and gives advice and help whenever she is in need for it. The nurse believes that Juliet is still gentle and young, therefore is always on the look out for Juliet, making sure she doesn 't get hurt. The nurse 's motherly love is highlighted primarily when, lack of love is shown between Juliet and her mother. Lady Capulet is shown to be neglecting love towards Juliet. This is seen in Act 1 Scene 3, when Lady Capulet sent The Nurse out and they immediately calls her back in as the Nurse knows Juliet so well. “Nurse come back again”. The strong relationship between The nurse and Juliet is so strong, that the Nurse knows Juliet better than her mother. Another factor showing the lack of love is when Juliet uses the word ' 'Madam ' ' formaly towards her mother. This points out that there is no real relationship towards Juliet and Lady Capulet; the only relationship between them is blood and name. Shakespeare portrays a distant and cold relationship between Juliet and lady Capulet. This is juxtaposed with the affectionate and loving relationship between the nurse and Juliet. The nurse helps Juliet to be with her love Romeo, even after knowing they are from feuding families. The Nurse being a Capulet servant has to side with Juliet’s father when she tells her to marry Paris “I think it best you married with the
The Nurse makes mistakes which not only confuse Juliet, but also make her lose trust. In the beginning of the play, she supports Juliet through her actions and behaviour; she helps deliver messages to Romeo in secrecy and even encourages them both to get married. However, when Juliet needs the Nurse’s support the most, she quickly abandons Juliet. She immediately switches from favouring Romeo to taking Paris’ side when asked her opinion. As Juliet is making decisions about Romeo, Nurse states, “Romeo is banish’d; and all the world to nothing, / that he dares ne’er come back to challenge you.” (3.5.214-215). She obviously does not truly understand the feelings of true love that Juliet is experiencing, and these harsh words spark Juliet’s decision to exclude Nurse from her plans. As Juliet starts to question the Nurse’s decisions, she asks, “Speakest thou from thy heart?” (3.5.226). This demonstrates that Juliet can no longer trust her Nurse with any of her secrets. Juliet feels betrayed by her Nurse, which is part of the reason she decides not to include the Nurse in her plan with Romeo and Friar Laurence. If Nurse had known what was going to unfold, she might have been able to intervene at some point, and the lives of Romeo and Juliet might have been saved. The Nurse is one of the key factors towards their death, however, the biggest factor is Juliet’s
Nurse is an old woman who works for the Capulet family and who also happens to be Juliet’s mother figure. Nurse has a sizable personality and is as unpredictable as a hand in poker. She brings humor to this tale of star-crossed lovers and through the duration of the composition, it is shown that she enjoys teasing Juliet. A specific example of this is “Your love say, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous- Where is your mother?” (II. iv. 38-40). Nurse is trying to work and mold Juliet’s emotions just to see how she reacts. Her sarcastic nature is also emanated when she says, “Well, you have made a simple choice, you know not how to choose a man. Romeo? No, not he. [...] He is not the flower of courtesy, but, I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb. Go thy ways, wench, serve God. What, have you dined at home?” (II. v. 38-39; 43-45). From the context in this scene, the audience can tell that Nurse is being sarcastic. In reality, she actually enjoys Romeo and thinks he is a suitable match for Juliet. Another instance where Nurse’s wit is presented is when she says, “Yes madam. Yet I cannot choose but to laugh to think it should leave crying and say ‘Ay’. And yet, I warrant, it had upon its brow a bump as big as a young cockrel’s stone; A perilous knock and it cried bitterly” (I. iii. 50-55). Before this quotation, Capulet cracks joke. Unlike Lady Capulet (who does not even crack a smile), Nu...
Juliet's nurse shows amazing concern for the young girl's well being. She, in some ways, takes the place of her natural mother ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Lady Capulet treated Juliet as a naïve young girl with no knowledge and feelings of her own. Nurse recognized the maturity of Juliet and helped to make her truly content. During the entire traumatic experience of arranging a marriage between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, the nurse aided the two young lovers in their quest to be together. She acts as a messenger from Romeo, Juliet, and the friar ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Despite the nurse's efforts the plans go array because of the arranged marriage between Juliet and Paris. At this time, the nurse shows her love for Juliet once again. She goes to Juliet's defense and stands up to Lord Capulet by saying: "God in heaven bless her!/ You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so."(Act III, Scene 5, Line169-170). One is easily able to see the motherly care the nurse shows for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
The exact nature of the encounters between Captain James Cook and the Polynesian natives of Hawaii as well as all interactions and exchanges between Europeans and native Polynesian peoples of the Pacific while Cook was exploring the islands of Hawaii and after has been investigated by anthropologists and historians for many years. Captain Cook died at the hand of Polynesian natives while he was at Hawaii in 1779. Marshall Sahlins stated that Cook was seen as the god Lono during the celebration of the Makahiki festival taking place at the time of Cook’s visit. Gananath Obeyesekere, in his noted work, The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific, argues that Sahlins is incorrect in his conclusions about Cook and his myth models, which are defined as indigenous people not using rationality in the same way as Europeans. They underestimate the flexibility and pragmatism of indigenous cultures and cosmology. Obeyesekere argues that the Prospero myth and the Kurtz myth are evident in the works of Sahlins and other historians as well. The Prospero myth that is of the European explorer who brings forth peace and a "civilized" culture to the native peoples of the lands he or she explores. The name "Prospero" is taken from a character in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. The Kurtz myth is that of the explorer, who witnesses the raw nature and "uncivilized" culture and ideology of the native peoples and becomes himself "savage". The name "Kurtz" originated from Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness and is adopted in Francis Ford Coppola’s cinematic masterpiece Apocalypse Now. Obeyesekere’s ideas are prevalent in The Piano, a feature film involving a lov...
He did not give much thought on how Juliet feels about the marriage and agrees to marry the two even though Juliet had not given him consent. For example, when Paris asks Capulet if Juliet would love him; Capulet responds, "Of my child 's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (4.3.13-14). Capulet’s relationship with Juliet is superficial; he does not understand or know his daughter well. By creating the wedding, he causes Juliet to become desperate as she would be marrying someone she doesn’t love. To add to the matter, instead of trying to understand his daughter’s perspective, he becomes aggressive and gives her with an ultimatum. Capulet shouts, “Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o 'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face.” (3.5.160-163). By forcing Juliet into marriage, she becomes desperate and causes her to begin considering death as a way out. "I 'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (3.5.241-242). Capulet’s controlling and aggressive parenting forces Juliet to marry someone she does not love. Furthermore, this causes Juliet to starts considering suicide as a way out. Capulet’s actions to forcefully marry Juliet to Paris brings her death because it results in the Friar’s potion plan which would cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Capulet did not