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The Nurse. Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches.
Romeo goes to the tomb, kills Paris, and poisons himself. Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead, and stabs herself. Actually understand Romeo and Juliet. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
Jun 4, 2020 · Romeo and Juliet: analysis. How should we analyse Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frequently studied, performed, and adapted plays?
INTRODUCTION. Romeo Montague is the eponymous character of the play, who is initially portrayed as an archetypal Petrarchan lover. He is the self-conscious sufferer, driven by his unrequited love. for Rosaline. This causes him to isolate himself from his family, relatives and friends, which is a common trope of Petrarchan poetry.
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Romeo and Juliet begin the play trapped by their social roles. Romeo is a young man who is expected to chase women, but he has chosen Rosaline, who has sworn to remain a virgin. The way Romeo speaks about Rosaline suggests he is playing a role rather than feeling true, overpowering emotion.
There are lots of characters in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Take an in-depth look at the main ones identifying their key attributes and relationships and analysing their part in the...
Need help on characters in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Check out our detailed character descriptions. From the creators of SparkNotes.
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