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    What is the name of Juliet's nurse in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet"?

    Question #49623. Asked by anassa. (Jul 21 04 4:27 AM)


    yumoxtailsoup

    Angelica. In Act IV, Scene IV Capulet says, "Look to the baked meats, good Angelica."

    Mar 19 06, 2:52 PM
    McGruff

    I believe you are right.

    Lady Capulet and the Nurse are bustling about, preparing the feast for the wedding of Juliet and Paris, when Lady Capulet thinks of one more thing to be done and says, "Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, nurse" (4.4.1). The Nurse doesn't know which way to go, because "They call for dates and quinces in the pastry" (4.4.2). In the midst of all of this bustling about, Capulet comes in and starts giving orders. He says to the Nurse, "Look to the baked meats [pies and pastries], good Angelica: / Spare not for the cost" (4.4.5-6). It's remarkable that he calls the Nurse by her Christian name, Angelica; the last time he spoke to her, he was calling her names such as "mumbling fool." At that time the Nurse was trying keep him from forcing Juliet into the marriage with Paris, but now she's helping prepare Juliet's wedding feast. Capulet is apparently a very jolly fellow when everyone does exactly as he says. The Nurse replies to Capulet, "Go, you cot-quean, go, / Get you to bed; faith, You'll be sick to-morrow / For this night's watching" (4.4.6-8). "Cot-quean," was slang for a man who plays the part of a housewife. The Nurse is fondly teasing her master, and he takes it in good part. The Nurse and Lady Capulet leave on another errand, but at the end of the scene Capulet calls the Nurse in and tells her to go awaken Juliet because Paris has arrived.
    http://www.webcom.com/pweller/romeo/Nurse.html

    Mar 19 06, 3:44 PM


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