Romeo And Juliet Nurse's Death

Improved Essays
The nurse is most responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. To begin, she should have know better than to keep a secret of two teenagers. Because she didn’t tell the Capulets the truth, Romeo and Juliet felt forced into a difficult situation. Furthermore, her lack of loyalty to Juliet created further tension. If they nurse had offered a better solution than to marry Paris, Juliet might not have turned to the friar’s drastic solution. However, at the same time, she was too helpful in allowing this deceit to happen. Had she taken the time to really consider her actions, this tragedy may have been avoided. Because of both her loyalty to Juliet and disloyalty to the Capulets, the nurse is responsible for the death of Romeo and

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Upon waking the young Juliet, she is the first to discover that “[her] lady’s dead” (IV,v,1,14). The news comes as quite a shock to her, her parents likewise, but especially her because of the fact that feelings of guilt and responsibility for Juliet’s (faked) death arise. The Nurse’s initial intentions in betraying Juliet were good, as she was thinking about her future, but she failed to see how much that would affect Juliet in the…

    • 681 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The nurse was basically like juliets best friend rather then a responsible adult. She kept juliets marriage a secret when she should've told Juliets parents. Juliets parents are also to to blame because they were forcing her to marry Paris when they should've given her time to get over Romeo. But in all overall the obese that should be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet is themselves, they fell in love to fast and were also to young to get…

    • 460 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, we read a story about a young man and woman from rival families who fall deep in love but the feud causes both of them to die. Romeo dies by drinking a vial of poison thinking Juliet is dead but she is actually unconscious. Juliet stabs herself seeing Romeo dead but they are not to blame for their deaths. Both the Nurse and Friar Lawrence had a part in the tragedy, but the Nurse is the one that should be punished. It is unfortunate to punish Juliet’s other mother figure for her death, but her advice to Juliet definitely affected the circumstances on how she died.…

    • 613 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Nurse knows how much Juliet loves Romeo, the Capulet’s enemy. She helped Juliet and Romeo get married and send messages to each other. If the Nurse helped Juliet to forget about Romeo and tried to figure out another strategy, it wouldn’t have ended Romeo’s and Juliet’s lives.…

    • 392 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet awaits Romeo to consummate their marriage. The nurse rushes in extremely emotional and unable to deliver basic information. For this reason, Juliet believed Romeo to be dead and is ready to kill herself. The nurse finally gets the correct information across putting Juliet at a loss; whether to grieve her cousin or support her husband. The nurse and Juliet also differ in age.…

    • 508 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Romeo And Juliet Eulogy

    • 555 Words
    • 3 Pages

    When Tybalt was murdered by Romeo nurse was telling that men are unfaithful and cheaters which referred to Romeo. These things made Juliet think that nurse is dishonest and she doesn’t share her plan with nurse so that she could do it properly but in the end they end up dying instead of living happily ever after. Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death is because of the nurse’s ignorance. Their deaths show that their love is pure and innocent because they didn’t want to live without each other. But because of nurse’s attitude they couldn’t get any help from her.…

    • 555 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Nurse is the one who deserves blame for the lover's death. She was responsible due to the support she gave them in their relationship, even though she knows that from the beginning their relationship was untrue. To begin, the Nurse covered for Juliet, send secret messages to Romeo, and rearrange their meetings which Promote Juliet to fall in love with Romeo more and at the end that results in their death. For example, when the Nurse informs Juliet, she is going to help her to see Romeo. She said, “Hie you to church.…

    • 464 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Nurse should be pardoned because she was trying to help Juliet and Romeo throughout the entire story. In the story, we read how the Nurse took care of Juliet since she was born. This shows their close relationship, and how she loved and supported Juliet her entire life. If she needed something, the Nurse would help or give it to her. In Romeo and Juliet it said, “ Peace, I have done.…

    • 140 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Unlike Lady Capulet, the Nurse acts as a very motherly figure towards Juliet. The Nurse has taught and raised Juliet in Verona more than her own mother has. The Nurse states, "And since that time it is eleven years/ She could have run and waddled all about/ For even the day before, she broke her brow”…

    • 715 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Even when she did not agree with Juliet’s decisions, the Nurse still complies. When Romeo kills Tybalt; the Nurse weeps for Juliet’s cousin. However, she is surprised to see Juliet defend Romeo for his actions. Although she thinks it is wrong, the Nurse comforts Juliet and tells her ‘’Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night. / I’ll to him; He is hid at Laurence’s cell.’’…

    • 1473 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    However, Capulet, Nurse and Friar are three characters who take responsibility in the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet by either helping or interfering with the couple. The nurse is responsible for killing Romeo and Juliet by supporting…

    • 1209 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet the nurse is presented as a very bubbly person as she is not particularly sensitive or clever but she is naive. Within this essay I will explore the ways in which the nurse is presented by analysing her personality. Also I will explain the significance of act 1 scene 3 finally I will examine how or if the nurse is contrasted in the movie version by Baz Luhrmann. The nurse is one of the major characters in the play and like the friar she is a neutral character.…

    • 1016 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Sometimes when youth need help they will go to a priest or a reverend, however in Romeo and Juliet by Willam Shakespeare Friar Lawrence proved this to be a bad idea. In this play there are many people to blame for everything that happens, but Friar Lawrence is most to blame because he married Romeo and Juliet, he had bad plans, and because he withheld information from Romeo and Juliet’s parents. Friar Lawrence’s first mistake was marrying Juliet to Romeo. He knows that they had just met the night before. Friar Lawrence also knows that the night Romeo and Juliet meet, Romeo was “in love” with Rosealine.…

    • 753 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The nurse shows her devotion to Juliet when she allows her to marry Romeo , the mother nor father would have allowed this, but the nurses dedication to Juliet makes her go through with it.…

    • 876 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Had the Nurse refused to help Juliet in the beginning she would have prevented everything else that happened afterwards, including the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. After Juliet’s parents declare Juliet’s forced marriage, Juliet turns to the one person who would understand her situation and who would give her the guidance and counsel she needs. Instead the Nurse gives her exactly what she does not want to hear: “I think it best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman! Romeo’s a dishclout to him.”…

    • 1751 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays