Friday, July 24, 2015

In "Romeo and Juliet" Act 2, Scene 5, why is Juliet increasingly frustrated by the Nurse's irrelevant replies?

In Act 2, scene 5, Juliet is awaiting the Nurse's arrival with news from Romeo of whether or not he will marry her and, if he will, where and when the wedding will take place.  By nature, Juliet, as well as Romeo, is extremely impatient and impetuous.  Neither one of them waits to think about anything before he or she actually does it.  This is one of the reasons Juliet is so impatient in this scene -- because it is a part of the characterization that Shakespeare has created for her.  This scene actually shows how Juliet and the Nurse are foils of each other -- through the Nurse's patience and Juliet's impatience.  A second, more easily accessible reason for her impatience is that she is waiting to find out if and when she will be married to the boy of her dreams. 

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