The Nurse Should Be Pardoned In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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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. God mark thee to his grace! Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed: An I might live to see thee married once, I have my wish.” In this line, the Nurse is talking about how Juliet is a beautiful young woman and that one day she hopes to see her get married.” The Nurse should be pardoned for the fact, she didn’t do anything wrong.

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