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SCENE ANALYSIS- Melinda The Awesome

Summary Juliet anxiously awaits the Nurse’s return to learn what Romeo’s intentions are. The Nurse arrives but is out of breath, delaying her information about Romeo. Eventually after Juliet has bribed the Nurse with a series of compliments, back rubs and massages, the Nurse gives in and reveals her information that she has been with holding, concerning Juliet’s beloved Romeo. The Nurse reveals that Romeo wishes to marry Juliet, and he’ll climb into her bed tonight and make them husband and wife.

Dramatisation and Stage Directions Within the scene there are few stage directions, only directions for actors to enter and exit the stage. Props aren’t used in the scene as they prove to be unnecessary. The Nurse is shown to be comical as it is obvious that she’s enjoying Juliet’s attention and is using it to her advantage and prolonging her information. The Nurses constant complaints and exclamations also add comical value.

Poetic Devices At the start of the scene it starts with Juliet’s speech written in blank verse with additional rhyming couplets. This indicates a theme of romance, which there is a love between Romeo and Juliet. In this Juliet uses a simile to describe the Nurse. The scene also has repetition, which the Nurse uses repeatedly telling Juliet that she’s tired and needs to rest. ‘//She would be as swift in motion as a ball’.// // ‘I am awear, give me leave awhile’ // // ‘Jesu what haste! Can you not stay awhile?’ //

Context Analysis The scene has references to the Renaissance period, (which the play is set) such as Juliet’s and the Nurse’s exclamations to the Lord. // ‘O God she comes! O honey Nurse, what news? // Juliet // ‘O Lord why lookest thou sad’ // Juliet // ‘Nay come, I pray thee speak, Good good Nurse speak.’ // Juliet // ‘Jesu what haste! Can you not stay awhile?’ // Nurse // ‘Go thy ways, wench, serve God’ // Nurse // ‘Lord how my head aches! What a head have !’ // Nurse // ‘O God’s lady dear’ // Nurse There are references to the Gods, in Juliet’s first line, when talking about Venus the goddess of love, who is often, depicted riding a chariot pulled by doves. //‘Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love’// Juliet

Character Analysis Juliet is impatient and it is clear that she’s very much in love with Romeo as she awaits his news from the Nurse.

The Nurse is weary with age cares much for Juliet, for she has gone out of her way to find Romeo’s news concerning Juliet and the marriage that she has made herself weary.

Setting The scene is set at the Capulet’s orchid at the Capulet’s house, at Monday noon.

Themes It is clear that prominent themes within the scene are romance and passion, as it is shown within Juliet’s first lines, which is written in blank verse, symbolising a passionate romance between the her and Romeo. Juliet also shows signs of lust with her insistent questioning of the Nurse about Romeo.

Film Adaptation The Nurse should be wearing nun attire, however in the film she’s wearing casual clothes, and this may have been change to allow the audience to relate to her. The setting has changed from outside the Capulet’s house at their orchid, to inside the Capulet’s house.

Key Quotes // ‘How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath to say thou out of breath? // Juliet, shows the Nurse’s dramatisation, in which she contradicts herself. // ‘To fetch a ladder by which your love, must climb a bird’s nest soon when it is dark’ // Nurse, finally telling Juliet Romeo’s news, that he’ll come into her chambers tonight. // ‘Though his face be better than any man’s yet his leg excel all men’s and for a hand and a foot, and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are beyond compare.’ // Nurse, describing Romeo’s features and avoiding Romeo’s news yet again.