Nurse Flashcards

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“…yet his leg excels all men’s…He is not the flower of courtesy…” (Act 2 Scene 5 - line 40 - 44)

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Explains Romeo is good looking but has no manners, Nurse enjoys having power over Juliet, may be explaining for Juliet to slow down

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Even so lies she, blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering” (Act 3 Scene 3 - line 84)

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Antimetabole-Ingrained in memory, reality is not what it seems like.
Shows the Nurse’s concern for Juliet and how close she is to Juliet. Both the Nurse and F.Lawrence take parent roles for Romeo and Juliet

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you are to blame, my lord, to rate her so

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oversteps the line- shows intensity of her love for juliet, even though once juliet is married she will no longer be needed. She challenges the chain of being, and contradicts capulet more than juliets real mother- shows maternal affection and closeness.

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