Romeo and Juliet

Cite and describe how the nurse depicts Romeo.

Act 2 scene 5-6

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Back in the Capulet orchard, Juliet eagerly awaits news from the Nurse. When the Nurse eventually arrives, she comically refuses to give Juliet any information about Romeo until she has received a back rub. She depicts Romeo in a comical way. At first she says he is not that special and then agrees that he is good looking and fair.

Well, you have made a simple choice. You know not how to choose a man. Romeo! No, not he, though his face be better than any man’s, yet his leg excels all men’s, and for a hand and a foot and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare. He is not the flower of courtesy, but, I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb. Act 2 sc 5