Juliet and the Nurse
Juliet’s relationship with Nurse in “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is important because it shows how so much trust which has been built up over the years can be broken by a small thing. The relationship which Juliet and the Nurse are involved in consists of motherly love, trust, confidence and in the end abandonment.
The relationship between Juliet and Nurse is very strong and is shown throughout the play. They both have been close since Juliet was a baby. Nurse literally took over Lady Capulet’s job as a mother. We know that the relationship is strong because Juliet tells of the relationship between her and Romeo only to Nurse. Actually in fact Nurse tells Juliet to marry Romeo “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell. There stays a husband to make you a wife”. The bond between Juliet and Nurse is broken when Lord Capulet insists that Juliet marry Paris. When Juliet goes to Nurse, Nurse simply tells her to marry Paris “ I think 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”. After being told this Juliet has lost all trust, belief and respect for Nurse.
