The tragedy covers five days of one week, during which a fatal series of events occurs.

The first act begins with a brawl between servants who belong to two warring families - the Montagues and the Capulets. It is unclear what caused the enmity; it is only clear that it is long-standing and irreconcilable, drawing both young and old into a whirlpool of passions. The servants are quickly joined by noble representatives of the two houses, and then by their heads themselves. A real battle is brewing in the square bathed in the July sun. The townspeople, tired of the strife, have difficulty separating the fighting. Finally, the supreme ruler of Verona arrives - the prince, who orders an end to the clash on pain of death, and angrily leaves.

Appears on the square Romeo, son of Montague. He already knows about the recent strike, but his thoughts are occupied with other things. As befits his age, he is in love and suffering. The object of his unrequited passion is a certain unapproachable beauty Rosalina. In a conversation with his friend Benvolio, he shares his experiences. Benvolio good-naturedly advises him to turn his attention to other girls and laughs at his friend’s objections.

At this time, Capulet is visited by the prince's relative, Count Paris, who asks for the hand of the owners' only daughter. Juliet is not yet fourteen, but her father agrees to the proposal. Paris is noble, rich, handsome, and one cannot dream of a better groom. Capulet invites Paris to the annual ball, which they give that evening. The hostess goes to her daughter’s chambers to warn Juliet about the matchmaking. Three of us - Juliet, the mother and nurse who raised the girl - they are animatedly discussing the news. Juliet is still serene and obedient to her parents' will.

Several young people from the enemy camp, including Benvolio, Mercutio and Romeo, infiltrate a magnificent carnival ball in the Capulet house under masks. They are all hot, sharp-tongued and looking for adventure. Mercutio, Romeo's closest friend, is especially mocking and verbal. Romeo himself is seized by a strange anxiety on the threshold of the Capulet house. “I don’t expect anything good. Something unknown, / Which is still hidden in the darkness, / But will be born from this ball, / Will untimely shorten my life / Due to some strange circumstances. / But the one who guides my ship / Has already raised the sail...”

In the crowd of the ball, among the random phrases exchanged by the owners, guests and servants, the glances of Romeo and Juliet intersect for the first time, and, like dazzling lightning, love strikes them.

The world for both is instantly transformed. For Romeo, from this moment on, there are no past attachments: “Have I ever loved before? / Oh no, those were false goddesses. / From now on I did not know true beauty...” When he says these words, Juliet’s cousin Tybalt recognizes him by his voice, immediately grabbing his sword. The owners beg him not to make noise at the holiday. They notice that Romeo is known for his nobility and there is no problem even if he attended the ball. The wounded Tybalt harbors a grudge.

Romeo, meanwhile, manages to exchange several remarks with Juliet. He's dressed as a monk, and she can't see his face behind the hood. When the girl slips out of the hall at the call of her mother, Romeo learns from the nurse that she is the daughter of the owners. A few minutes later, Juliet makes the same discovery - through the same nurse, she finds out that Romeo is the son of their sworn enemy! “I am the embodiment of a hated force / Inopportunely, out of ignorance, I fell in love.”

Benvolio and Mercutio leave the ball without waiting for their friend. Romeo at this time silently climbs over the wall and hides in the dense Capulet garden. His instinct leads him to Juliet's balcony, and he, frozen, hears her pronouncing his name. Unable to bear it, the young man responds. The conversation between two lovers begins with timid exclamations and questions, and ends with an oath of love and a decision to immediately unite their destinies. “I have no control over what I own. / My love has no bottom, and my kindness is like the vastness of the sea. / The more I spend, the more vast and richer I become,” says Juliet about the feeling that struck her. “Holy night, holy night... / So immeasurable happiness...” Romeo echoes her. From this moment on, Romeo and Juliet act with extraordinary firmness, courage and at the same time caution, completely submitting to the love that has consumed them. Childhood involuntarily disappears from their actions, they suddenly transform into people wise by higher experience.

Their confidants are the monk Friar Lorenzo, Romeo's confessor, and the nurse and confidante of Juliet. Lorenzo agrees to secretly marry them - he hopes that the union of the young Montagues and Capulets will serve peace between the two families. The wedding ceremony takes place in Brother Lorenzo's cell. The lovers are filled with happiness.

But it’s still a hot summer in Verona, and “the blood boils in your veins from the heat.” Especially those who are already hot-tempered as gunpowder and are looking for a reason to show their courage. Mercutio whiles away the time in the square and argues with Benvolio which of them likes quarrels more. When the bully Tybalt appears with his friends, it becomes clear that there will be a clash. The exchange of caustic barbs is interrupted by the arrival of Romeo. “Leave me alone! Here's to me the right person“, - Tybalt declares and continues: “Romeo, the essence of my feelings for you can all be expressed in the word: you are a scoundrel.” However, proud Romeo does not grab his sword in response; he only tells Tybalt that he is mistaken. After all, after his wedding with Juliet, he considers Tybalt his relative, almost a brother! But no one knows this yet. And Tybalt continues his bullying until the enraged Mercutio intervenes: “Cowardly, contemptible submission! / I must wash away her shame with blood!” They fight with swords. Romeo, horrified by what is happening, rushes between them, and at that moment Tybalt, from under his hand, deftly strikes Mercutio, and then quickly disappears with his accomplices. Mercutio dies in Romeo's arms. The last words he whispers: “Plague take both of your families!”

Romeo is shocked. He lost his best friend. Moreover, he understands that he died because of him, that Mercutio was betrayed by him, Romeo, when he defended his honor... “Thanks to you, Juliet, I am becoming too soft...” Romeo mutters in a fit of remorse, bitterness and rage. At this moment Tybalt appears in the square again. Drawing his sword, Romeo swoops down on him in “fiery-eyed anger.” They fight silently and frantically. A few seconds later Tybalt falls dead. Benvolio, in fear, tells Romeo to flee urgently. He says that Tybalt's death in the duel will be considered murder and Romeo will face execution. Romeo leaves, depressed by everything that has happened, and the square is filled with outraged townspeople. After Benvolio’s explanations, the prince pronounces a sentence: from now on, Romeo is condemned to exile - otherwise he will face death.

Juliet learns about the terrible news from the nurse. Her heart contracts with mortal melancholy. Grieving over the death of her brother, she is nevertheless adamant in acquitting Romeo. “Should I blame my wife? / Poor husband, where is a good word for you to hear, / When even the wife does not say it in the third hour of marriage...”

Romeo at this moment gloomily listens to the advice of his brother Lorenzo. He convinces the young man to hide, obeying the law, until he is granted forgiveness. He promises to send letters to Romeo regularly. Romeo is in despair; exile for him is the same as death. He yearns for Juliet. They manage to spend only a few hours together when he secretly sneaks into her room at night. The trill of a lark at dawn notifies lovers that it is time for them to part. They just can’t tear themselves away from each other, pale, tormented by the impending separation and anxious forebodings. Finally, Juliet herself persuades Romeo to leave, fearing for his life.

Lady Capulet, entering her daughter’s bedroom, finds Juliet in tears and explains this with grief over the death of Tybalt. The news that the mother reports makes Juliet go cold: Count Paris is in a hurry with the wedding, and the father has already decided on the wedding the next day. The girl begs her parents to wait, but they are adamant. Or an immediate wedding with Paris - or “then I’m no longer your father.” After her parents leave, the nurse persuades Juliet not to worry: “Your new marriage will outshine the first one in its benefits...” “Amen!” - Juliet remarks in response. From that moment on, she no longer sees the nurse as a friend, but as an enemy. The only person left whom she can still trust is brother Lorenzo. “And if the monk does not help me, / There is a means to die in my hands.”

“It’s all over! There is no more hope! - Juliet says lifelessly when she is alone with the monk. Unlike the nurse, Lorenzo does not console her - he understands the girl’s desperate situation. Sympathizing with her and Romeo with all his heart, he offers the only way to salvation. She needs to pretend to be submissive to her father’s will, prepare for the wedding, and in the evening take a miraculous solution. After this, she must plunge into a state resembling death, which will last exactly forty-two hours. During this period, Juliet will be buried in the family crypt. Lorenzo will let Romeo know about everything, he will arrive by the time she awakens, and they can disappear until better times... “This is the way out, if you don’t become timid / Or confuse something,” the monk concludes, without concealing the danger of this secret plan . “Give me the bottle! Don’t talk about fear,” Juliet cuts him off. Inspired by new hope, she leaves with a bottle of solution.

At the Capulet house they are preparing for the wedding. The parents are happy that their daughter is no longer stubborn. The nurse and mother tenderly bid her farewell before going to bed. Juliet is left alone. Before the decisive action, she is overcome with fear. What if the monk deceived her? Or will the elixir not work? Or will the action be different from what he promised? What if she wakes up early? Or even worse - she will remain alive, but will lose her mind from fear? And yet, without hesitation, she drinks the bottle to the bottom.

In the morning, the house is filled with the heart-rending cry of the nurse: “Juliet is dead! She died! The house is filled with confusion and horror. There can be no doubt - Juliet is dead. She lies in bed in a wedding dress, numb, without blood on her face. Paris, like everyone else, is depressed by the terrible news. The musicians invited to play at the wedding are still awkwardly stomping around, waiting for orders, but the unfortunate family is already plunged into inconsolable mourning. Lorenzo, who arrives, utters words of sympathy for the loved ones and reminds them that it is time to take the deceased to the cemetery.

… “I had a dream: my wife came to me. / And I was dead and, dead, I watched. / And suddenly from her hot lips I came to life...” - Romeo, who is hiding in Mantua, does not yet suspect how prophetic this vision will turn out to be. So far he knows nothing about what happened in Verona, but only, burning with impatience, awaits news from the monk. Instead of the messenger, Romeo's servant Balthazar appears. The young man rushes to him with questions and - oh woe! - learns the terrible news of Juliet's death. He gives the command to harness the horses and promises: “Juliet, we will be together today.” From the local pharmacist he demands the most terrible and fastest poison and for fifty ducats he receives the powder - “pour into any liquid, / And if you have the strength of twenty, / One sip will put you to death instantly.”

At this very time, Brother Lorenzo is experiencing no less horror. The monk whom Lorenzo sent to Mantua with a secret letter returns to him. It turns out that a fatal accident did not allow him to carry out the assignment: the monk was locked in the house due to the plague quarantine, since his friend had previously been caring for the sick.

The last scene takes place in the tomb of the Capulet family. Here, next to Tybalt, the dead Juliet had just been laid in the tomb. Paris, lingering at the bride's coffin, showers Juliet with flowers. Hearing a rustle, he hides. Romeo appears with a servant. He gives Balthazar a letter to his father and sends it away, and he opens the crypt with a crowbar. At this moment, Paris comes out of hiding. He blocks Romeo's path and threatens him with arrest and execution. Romeo asks him to leave kindly and “not tempt the fool.” Paris insists on arrest. The duel begins. Paris's page rushes in fear for help. Paris dies from Romeo's sword and before his death asks to be taken to Juliet's crypt. Romeo is finally left alone in front of Juliet's coffin. He is amazed that in the coffin she looks alive and just as beautiful. Cursing the evil forces that took away this most perfect of earthly creatures, he kisses Juliet for the last time and with the words “I drink to you, love!” drinks poison.

Lorenzo is late for a moment, but he is no longer able to revive the young man. He arrives just in time for Juliet's awakening. Seeing the monk, she immediately asks where her husband is and assures that she remembers everything perfectly and feels cheerful and healthy. Lorenzo, afraid to tell her the terrible truth, hurries her to leave the crypt. Juliet does not hear his words. Seeing Romeo dead, she only thinks about how to die herself as quickly as possible. She is annoyed that Romeo drank all the poison alone. But next to him lies a dagger. It's time. Moreover, the voices of the guards can already be heard outside. And the girl plunges a dagger into her chest.

Those who entered the tomb found Paris and Romeo dead, and next to them a still warm Juliet. Lorenzo, who gave vent to tears, told tragic story lovers. The Montagues and Capulets, forgetting about old feuds, extended their hands to each other, inconsolably mourning their dead children. It was decided to place a golden statue on their graves.

But, as the prince correctly noted, the story of Romeo and Juliet will still remain the saddest in the world...

Juliet's nurse is one of the main characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's nanny from infancy. She plays very important role in a girl's life. Having lost her child early, she treated Juliet as her own daughter and was strongly attached to her. The main character trusted the nurse with all her secrets and always turned to her first for help. The same thing happened when meeting Romeo. It was the nurse who helped young people see each other, hiding Juliet’s relationship. She was their faithful ally in all matters and reliably kept their secret.

When Romeo and Juliet decided to be together and organize a secret wedding, the nurse was one of their few supporters, along with brother Lorenzo and Romeo's confessor. However, Juliet's trust in her weakened when, with the best of intentions, she advised her to marry Paris, since he was a profitable match. After this, young Juliet relied in her actions only on the monk Lorenzo, who married her to Romeo. However, the nurse still spent a lot of time with her pet and protected her as best she could. The night before the wedding, immediately after she left, Juliet drank a powerful sleeping pill. And the next morning the nurse, discovering her stiff and pale body, raised a heart-rending cry. For her, the death of her pet was a terrible tragedy.

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Predecessors

The plot of Shakespeare's tragedy served as the basis for several opera productions before Gounod, starting with Jiri Benda's opera, written in 1776 for the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. The most significant were the opera by Daniel Steibelt to the libretto by J.-A.  de Segur(French)(premiere at the Feydeau Theater in 1793); opera Zingarelli (premiere at La Scala in 1796 with the participation of Giuseppina Grassini as Juliet and Girolamo Crescentini as Romeo); the 1826 opera Vaccai, also premiered in Milan; Bellini's opera "Capulets and Montagues" (); and the opera “The Lovers of Verona” by the Marquis d’Ivry, staged in mid-19th century in Paris. Previous musical adaptations also include Berlioz’s dramatic symphony, which the author himself called “an opera without words,” and ballets, the first of which was staged in 1785 in Venice. Nevertheless, it is Gounod's work that is named in Rupert Christiansen's Pocket Guide to Opera as the most successful of more than 40 operatic adaptations of Romeo and Juliet.

Characters

The opera premiered on April 27, 1867 in Paris. The conductor was Adolphe Delofre?!.

Summary

Prologue

The chorus tells that two noble families lived in Verona - the Montagues and the Capulets, who were always at enmity with each other and took revenge on each other in every possible way. One day, the daughter of Count Capulet, Juliet, fell in love with Romeo, the son of Count Montague, and since the centuries-old enmity of their parents did not allow marriage between them, the lovers paid with their lives for their love.

Act one

The choral prologue that opens the opera without instrumental accompaniment, where the original Shakespearean text is used, and the epithalam for eight performers and a choir, which sounds later, are designed in the ancient style.

One of the most famous numbers of the first act is the brilliant coloratura waltz (in other sources - arietta) of Juliet “In Vague Dreams”, creating the image of a carefree girl. Contemporary Gounod critics reacted ambiguously to this vocal number. Marie-Anne de Beauvais calls this and several other numbers in the role of Juliet a concession by the composer to the first performer of this role - Marie Carvalho. The famous composer and critic Ernest Reyer, justifying its somewhat lightness, wrote:

List of Romeo and Juliet characters

Characters ranked by priority

• Romeo Montague- the main character of the play. All the deaths and events of the play are connected with him. Unlike Juliet, in addition to Romeo's death, events with her are indirectly connected.

• Juliet Capulet- main character. In Italy, it is customary to call Juliet first, and then Romeo, only if we are not talking about a play.

• Mercutio- one of the main characters of the play, Romeo's best friend, relative of the prince, very active, the image of an Italian of that time. He fought with Tybalt on equal terms, but when Romeo intervened, Mercutio was wounded by Tybalt from under Romeo's hand. Before death he pronounces a curse. Pushkin considers him the best character after two lovers.

• Benvolio- Romeo's friend and cousin. Doesn't play an important role, appears a lot, along with Mercutio. He does not respect Tybalt and believes that he, in turn, learned to fight from a book, but unfortunately he is wrong. In the musical, Benvolio tells Romeo that Juliet is dead, while in Shakespeare it is Balthasar. It stands out from everyone only twice, and then not for long.

• Tybalt- one of the main negative characters of the play, the son of Signor Capulet's brother, was killed by Romeo, avenging the death of Mercutio. One hour was a relative of Romeo, since Romeo married Juliet.

• Nurse- Juliet's nanny. He plays a very important role in the play, which cannot be said in the musical.

• Count Capulet- Juliet's father wanted to marry her to Paris. Also Tybalt's adoptive father.

• Lady Capulet- Juliet's mother, Tybalt's adoptive mother.

• Count of Montague- Romeo's father, appears in the films and in the play itself, but appeared in the musical only in the English version.

• Brother Lorenzo- Franciscan friar who favors Romeo and Juliet. He secretly marries them. After Tybalt's murder and exile, Romeo advises the young man to take refuge in the neighboring city of Mantua. When Juliet is ready to take poison so as not to marry Paris, the monk saves the girl by giving her a potion that will plunge the girl into a death-like sleep for three days. Meanwhile, Romeo, summoned by letter, will arrive.

• Prince Escalus- the first Prince of Verona, father of Paris and uncle of Mercutio. Also punished by heaven by losing two loved ones. Also says the final phrase. Doesn't really show itself. Comes only three times, after the main events.

• Paris- Juliet’s fiancé, after her “false death”, comes to the grave with a page, meets Romeo and wants revenge. Romeo says he doesn't want a fight. But Paris does not calm down. And Romeo kills him. Romeo fulfills Paris's last request, since Paris is a relative of Mercutio. Appears only twice.

• Lady Montague- Romeo's mother, Benvolio's aunt. In the play he speaks only three phrases. Her husband says she is dead as he approaches Juliet's tomb.

• Balthazar- assistant and one of Romeo's friends, very devoted to him.

• Pietro(Peter)- the nanny's assistant, the chief among the servants and the only servant of the nanny among all the servants.

• Abram- One of the servants, the only one of the Montagues' servants, not counting Balthazar, whose name is mentioned in the play.

• Gregory- One of the Capulet servants, friends Peter and Samson, smart, cowardly and the only one who understands everything Tybalt says.

• Samson- One of Cappulet’s servants, Gregory’s friend, does not like to think a lot and “lose his face in the dirt,” as they say in the play itself.

• Giovanni- a Franciscan monk, was supposed to deliver Lorenzo's letter to Romeo in Mantua, but was delayed in another city due to the plague quarantine.

• Pharmacist- a character selling medicine, from whom Brother Lorenzo bought the “poison”.

• Uncle Capulet- Juliet's uncle.

• Death- appears in musicals where her role is increased, especially in the first French one. In the play she was not as a separate character.

• Stefano- cameo role, Paris's page.

• Page Mercutio- Mercutio calls him to go get a doctor.

• Choir- read the prologues to acts 1 and 2 of the play.

• Three musicians- cameo characters appear twice, playing instruments.

• First Citizen- cameo role, one of the high-ranking citizens of the prince.

• Citizens of Verona- cameo role, neighbors of two families, Capulets and Montagues.

• First, second and third servants- Capulet servants are preparing the premises for the ball.

• First, second and third guards- present at the death of Romeo and Juliet.

• Guard- it is known that both houses have guards. She is in Shakespeare's book, but she appears only for a few seconds.

• First bailiff- The man who kept order in Verona. Speaks and appears only once.

• Mummers- nameless people appear at the Capulets' ball.

• Torchbearers- people appear in scene 4 of Shakespeare.

• Boy with a drum- just like the torchbearers, appears only in Shakespeare's play.

• Servants- characters, their appearance was. as if theoretically, they seemed to exist, but it was not indicated that they were. In the play, no one except the above-mentioned servants had lines.

Pseudo-characters - appeared, but did not say anything

• Nurse's Husband- the now deceased nurse tells about him in the play to Signor and Signora Capulet.

• Count Anselmo and his sister- were invited to the ball, the play clearly indicated that the count had come.

• Signor Martino- was invited to the ball, it is known that he came.

• Valentine- brother Mercutio, was invited to the ball, it is known that he came.

• Signora Martino

• Signor Martino's daughter- was invited to the ball, but whether she came or not is not known, most likely yes.

• Signora Vertruvio- I was invited to the ball.

• Signor Placenzio with his sisters- They were invited to the ball, the play did not indicate that they came.

• Uncle Capulet's wife- She was invited to the ball, it was clearly indicated in the play that she came.

• Rosaline- Mentioned as Romeo's love. but did not appear and did not speak. Because of this, she was mistakenly listed as mute in the French musical.

• Libya- Rosalina's sister. was invited to the ball.

• Signora Valenzio- Tybalt's brother. Was invited to a ball.

• Signor Lucio and his daughter Elena- We were invited to the Capulets' ball.

• Gatekeeper- the first servant asks that the second servant ask the gatekeeper to let Susanna Grindstone, Nellie, Anton and Potpen through.

• Uninvited guests- Susanna Grindston, Nelly, Anton and Potpen. They were uninvited and were detained by the gatekeeper.

• Tiberno- the nurse said when Juliet asked her who it was.

• Petruchio- It is not completely known whether he was, since the nurse answered Juliet like. But most likely he is.

Characters appearing only in musicals and films

• Servants- Extras.

• Leonard- one of Montague's servants sings at the ball so that Romeo meets Juliet. Appears only in the 1968 film.

• Brother John- Also one of the Frankian monks. Appeared only in the 1968 film.

• Death- appears in musicals where her role is increased, especially in the first French one.

• Uncle Montague- First he is killed on the street. Appeared only in the 1968 film.

• Ted Montague- Appears only in the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet. Relative of Romeo.

Play adaptations

• The film The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride is an adaptation of the plot and most of the characters.
• In season 6, episode 3 of the television series Happy Together (TV series) - the title and some of the characters are taken.
• The series Give Sunny a Chance is a hidden parody - two shows, internecine feuding and two characters falling in love.
• In the comic strip "The Simpsons" there is an issue with the plays of William Shakespeare, where there is the play "Romeo and Juliet".

Notes

• In Act 1, Scene 2, Benvolio says: At the usual Capulet festival, among the recognized beauties of Verona. Rosaline will also be at dinner - the beauty you love. From this it follows that Romeo, before meeting Juliet, was in love with Rosaline.
• Shakespeare attributes to the words of Mercutio some English superstitions, for example Mercutio says: ... like the worms that live under the nails of sloths. - There was a belief that lazy girls got worms in their fingers. Tangles that are dangerous to comb. - In England it was believed that combing such a tangle was dangerous to human life.
• Shakespeare adds English heroes - for example, the First Servant mentions Potpen - the buffoonish characters that Shakespeare introduces in small insert scenes like this are purely english names even when the main characters of the play are Italians and French. Sometimes the names of these persons have a comic meaning. For example, the name Potpen is made up of two words meaning “pot” and “pan”.
• Mercutio speaks some phrases in French - this is not correct, since until the 16th century they mostly spoke Italian, and the actions take place in the 14th century. But Shakespeare writes in the 16th century, when there was a transition from fashionable Italian to fashionable French.

The nurse is a close person main character plays - Juliet, so she plays an important role in the plot. She kept the young girl's secrets and helped her meet Romeo Montague, who was the sworn enemy of her Copulet family.

The nurse was no longer a young woman who cared for Juliet as if she were her own daughter. Once she lost her child, so young Copulet became her meaning in life. The nurse is a wayward, but kind woman. She does not tolerate rudeness in her direction and suppresses the offensive grins of the mischievous Mercutio, but forgives him for his reckless actions and does not leave, harboring a grudge, but goes to talk with Romeo.

The nurse loves and worries about Juliet. She understands that the lady has chosen a difficult fate for herself, preferring Romeo to Paris. She feels that this will not end well, but still helps the girl meet him. The nurse is a brave woman, since for concealing Juliet's relationship with Romeo she can receive punishment from her masters. However, this is also its weakness.

The nurse is a wise woman. So she tries to convince Juliet to marry Paris. The nurse understands that nothing good will come from an alliance with Romeo: their secret marriage may not reconcile the warring families. Their romance is already bearing sad fruits: Tybalt, Juliet’s brother, dies at the hands of Romeo. But she does not dare to contradict the young girl.

The Nurse's kindness causes her to make mistakes. She does not dare lie to Juliet when Romeo gave her a message, although this was an opportunity to prevent a sad union. Her love for the young girl leads her to believe that she has agreed to be engaged to Paris. It was just a trick, but the nurse believes her. Juliet gives up too early - she conceives a plan: with the help of Lorenzo, to reunite with Romeo. The girl takes a potion that puts her into a deep sleep. Seeing Juliet in this state in the morning, the nurse thinks that she has died. The woman suffers deeply, as if her own daughter had died. She says that now her life has lost all meaning.

The nurse is so attached to Juliet and keeps her secrets that she does not dare to tell everything to her parents, who would have stopped the unnecessary marriage in time and, perhaps, saved several lives. Thus, she shows weakness and makes the fatal mistake of keeping everything a secret.

The nurse has a kind heart and strong maternal feelings. It was they who made her forget that Juliet was not her daughter, and it was not for her to decide her fate. She tries to prevent her relationship with Romeo, speaking of prudence to both him and the girl, but the young people are too in love with each other. The nurse does not have the courage to tell everything to the Copulets, which leads to several deaths.

Option 2

One of the main characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the Nurse. This is a middle-aged woman who works in the house of the Capulet lords and has raised their daughter Juliet since birth. She lost her own child early, so she gave all her motherly love to Juliet. The Nurse's daughter's name was Susanna, she was the same age as Juliet. The woman believes that she was not worth such happiness - being a mother. The nurse treats the girl like her own daughter, is very attached to her and is ready to do anything for her happiness. As a child, she very affectionately called the girl Dzhulenka, and then addressed her as “Little Dove.” A kind woman knows everything about her pupil; she can tell how old she is to the hour.

Juliet also loves her nanny, trusts her, tells her everything, even the most intimate secrets that she is afraid to reveal to her own mother. After Romeo and Juliet meet, the Nurse acts as their liaison and conveys news from each other. She keeps the secret of the relationship between the young people, although she is well aware of the eternal enmity of the clans and the possible anger of her master for such silence.

The nurse is very worried that Romeo does not deceive Juliet. She has a lot of life experience, she is a wise woman, which is why she advises Juliet to marry Paris as a more profitable groom. She had a presentiment that the relationship with Romeo would not end well for the girl and simply tried to protect her from her father’s wrath. But the pupil’s desire is more important to her. Therefore, the Nurse, together with brother Lorenzo, are actively preparing everything so that the lovers can get married in secret from their warring relatives.

It is the nanny who first brings the girl the news of Tybalt’s death at the hands of her lover. She reproaches the girl for worrying more about her beloved Romeo than about her murdered brother. But the Nurse still intercedes with Signor Capulet on behalf of Juliet, whom the father intends to marry off and is very angry with his daughter for contradicting him.

When Juliet dies from poisoning, the Nurse sees her lifeless body and screams desperately. After all, she lived for the sake of her pupil; she had no one closer. Juliet's death is a terrible tragedy for an elderly woman. She calls the day of her death cursed and says that she will not survive it.

Essay about the Nurse

First, let's figure out who the nurse is? Nurse, this is very close person for the heroine Juliet. The nurse plays a very significant role in the plot. Romeo was a young man, he was in a family that was enemies of Juliet's family. The nurse helped Juliet in every possible way, she listened to her, kept her secrets and shared her opinion with Juliet.

The nurse was no longer a young woman. She took care of Juliet like a mother, he could always help her, listen to her, help her with advice. Overall, she was a very caring woman who loved Juliet with all her heart. She understood and tried to explain to Juliet that Romeo for her is a very complex person. And for them to be together, they both need to try, because their families were enemies, but it so happened that love was above all this. The nurse was also a very brave woman. Why? Yes, because she always hid Juliet’s connection with Romeo from her owners. If the owners, that is, Juliet’s parents, had found out about this, she would have been thrown out of the house in the literal sense of the word, and maybe even worse!

The nurse did not want Juliet to express her feelings for Romeo; she understood that her parents would not understand her, and that they would not in any way allow her to be in touch with Romeo, or rather, would not allow her to maintain any connections with their family. Perhaps, even if Romeo’s family found out about this, a very big conflict would have broken out between the families, which would have turned out to be impossible to understand. The nurse wanted Juliet to marry Paris.

The Nurse made it clear that she was very attached to Juliet in this work. She keeps her secrets so tightly, and even their families are so contradictory, he does not dare to tell his parents about Juliet and Romeo’s affair. Parents, if they found out about the marriage, would simply prohibit their marriage and love. The nurse is like a real mother. She has very strong maternal feelings. But due to the fact that the nurse herself wanted to prevent their relationship, but could not tell Juliet’s parents, this resulted in two unhappy but loving deaths.

It is the kindness of the nurse that makes her make such a sad mistake. But who knows, if she had told Juliet’s parents, this couple would have felt better? It seems to me that they would not be able to live without each other, they would not be able to be at a great distance and in a long separation in their relationship, because of this they would not be able to live without each other, so the end of this story You can develop it endlessly, you can come up with many other scenarios, but it seems to me that the outcome would be the same.