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 The Nurse in the 1996 film Romeo and Juliet  A sketch of the Nurse and Friar Lawrence  The Nurse | ||
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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- Ethics in Romeo and Juliet
In this essay, an Illinois State University undergraduate explores the ethical issues that surround Romeo and Juliet. The author pays specific attention to the roles played by Friar Lawrence and Juliet's Nurse play, acting as confidantes and guides for the two young lovers. The piece briefly examines how an Elizabethan audience might have reacted to Shakespeare's work.
- Romeo and Juliet: The Nurse
This brief character sketch of Juliet's Nurse by a Towson University student introduces students to the important facets of the Nurse's character, focusing equally on her mother-like relationship with Juliet and the role she plays in moving the plot of Romeo and Juliet.
- A Little Bit About Wet Nurses
Juliet's nurse was not a woman the Capulets paid to perform CPR on their daughter. Rather, she was a wet nurse, a woman whose job was to act as a substitute mother by nursing and caring for a baby who was not her own. At this webpage, one college student has provided a compact summary of information on Renaissance-era nurses. A helpful starting point for students interested in learning more about this profession.
- Masters & Servants
Juliet may treat her nurse like family, but the fact is that the nurse is actually a servant of the Capulet household. She holds essentially the same rank as the cook, the gardener, or the butler. Learn more about the relationship between the family that lives in the house and the employees that serve them at this illustrated webpage. Part of a larger site devoted to all aspects of daily life in the Renaissance, the page is a worthwhile stop for students interested in the reality that informed Shakespeare's fiction.
The Nurse
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