Contrast the characters in this excerpt from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Lady Capulet: This is the matter. Nurse, give leave awhile. We must talk in secret: nurse, come back again; I have remember’d me, thou’s hear our counsel. Thou know’st my daughter’s of a pretty age. Nurse: Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour. Lady Capulet: She’s not fourteen. Nurse: I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth— And yet to my teen be it spoken I have but four— She is not fourteen. What does this passage convey about these two characters?
Answer
A
Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mother but Nurse knows Juliet best.
B
Lady Capulet is jealous of Nurse’s strong love for Juliet.
C
Nurse wants to build a stronger relationship with Lady Capulet.
D
Nurse resents Lady Capulet’s great wealth and power.
Explanation
Lady Capulet asks the Nurse to leave because she wants to speak privately, but then calls her back, showing that the Nurse is involved in Juliet’s upbringing. When Lady Capulet says Juliet is not yet fourteen, the Nurse confidently says she can tell Juliet’s age “unto an hour” and recalls details about her. This contrast suggests that Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mother, while the Nurse knows Juliet very well from caring for her.
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