- How are Nurse and Lady Capulet foils for one another?
- Characterization of Juliet?
- Characterization of Nurse?
- Characterization of Lady Capulet?
- Discuss one of the themes present in the chapter.
- Discuss the extended metaphor in Lady Capulet's lines about Paris.
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The nurse and Lady Capulet are foils of each other because of the way they present themselves in reference to Juliet. The nurse on one hand is the one that knows "her age unto an hour" (38, L12). On the other hand Lady Capulet, the one that is her mother is the one that is more uptight and has her daughter calling her "Madame" (38, L7). Another way in which these two characters are foils is that the nurse remembers every remote detail of Juliet as a child, such as that "she could stand alone" (40,L38),or when she "broke her brow" (40, L40). Whereas, the mother is the one that wants her daughter to "think of marriage now" (42, L71) whether she was happy about it or not. The nurse seems to be the one who wants what's best for Juliet, and the mother seems to be the one that wants what looks good in society for her family and its name.
When the Nurse is speaking affectionately of Juliet, how come Lady Capulet doesn't care to listen to her stories that she seems to know nothing of?
Nurse and Lady Capulet are foils of each other. Nurse is a wild and humurous person, while Lady Capulet is a very serious person. Nurse said, "Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old I bade her come"(38). Lady Capulet said, "Verona's summer hath not such a flower [Paris]"(44). Nurse is a lady that will swear on her virginity, while Lady Capulet is the oposite she would never dare of saying anything close to what Nurse has said. Lady Capulet talks about Paris and everyone with a sense of class, while Nurse talks about sexual jokes they made when Juliet was little.
Who is Juliet closer to her mother, Lady Capulet, or Nurse?
Nurse and Lady Capulet are foils of each other because Nurse cares for Juliet and knows all about her and even thought Lady Capulet is her mother she know almost nothing about her. When Nurse says "Faith, i can tell her age unto an hour," that shows how much Nurse really loves and cares for her and her mom didnt even know how old she was. They are foils for each other because they are exactly opposite of each other, Nurse care for her and Lady Capulet just birthed her but does not take care.
In Act 1, Scene 3, Juliet is characterized as having intellectual strength. As the Nurse begins an embarrassing story of Juliet as a child, her mother attempts to cease her. The Nurse's inability to stop with the story causes Juliet to speak up. Saying only once, "And stint thou too, I pray thee, Nurse, say I." The Nurse immediatley stops, respectfully responding with, "Peace, I have done." The obediance of the Nurse to Juliet, but not Lady Capulet, reveals Juliet is treated repectfully for her strength and intelligence.
How are Nurse and Lady Capulet foils for one another?
The Nurse has alot of care for Juliet, while Lady Capulet treats her daughter more as somewhere just there to get married. The Nurse knew Juliet's "age unto the hour". The Nurse also doesn't show her manners in the way that Lady Capulet does. The Nurse speaks openly about stories over Juliet about Juliet's future love life, while Lady Capulet says "enough of this [talk] I pray thee, hold thy peace" The fact that the Nurse is so open and caring and Lady Capulet is very orderly and polite only makes their characteristics show up more.
The Nurse and Lady Capulet are great foils. Lady Capulet isn't really closely related with Juliet as the Nurse is with Juliet. When Juliet goes to her mother she says, "Madam, I am here. What is your will"(38). Usually children would say "Yes" or "Ma'am", but Juliet says "Madam..." representing a great deal of respect like as if her mother is a queen. Based on Juliet's response, Juliet and her mother aren't really close.
However, the Nurse and Juliet are close. Juliet's mother asks the Nurse "...Thou know'st my daughter of a pretty age", and the Nurse replies "Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour" (38). The Nurse knowing the hour and minute of Juliet's birth shows that she cares about her, which would lead to her close relationship with Juliet.
how are nurse and lady capulet foils of each other?
answer: nurse is more motherly towards juliet and lady capulet is a woman who juliet has to highly respect. when she answers to her she responds by saying, "madam i am here. what is your will?" nurse on the other hand like i said before, is more motherly. she knows so much of juliet that she can "tell her age onto an hour". lady capulet is wanting for juliet to get married with paris, basically an arranged marrige. juliet, since she has to respect her mothers wishes, she responds "i'll look to like if looking move. but no more deep will i endart mine eye than YOUR consent gives strength to make it fly." she basically is doing what her mother wants her to do even if she dosent want to do it, since she says 'but no more deep will i endart mine eye' because she respects her mother deeply who is basically her boss. nurse in the other hand when she address the guy for juliet she says, "go, girl, look for a man who'll give you happy nights at the end of happy days." shes giving juliet a choice at what man does juliet which somebody that can make her happy, so she also thinks for juliets feelings, this is different than what lady capulet wants, which is for juliet to marry paris and thats it, not regarding if juliet even likes him or not.
Answering Mrs. Well's Question:
"How are Nurse and Lady Capulet Foils for one another?"
The Nurse and Lady Capulet are Foils of one another meaning they are complete opposites...
The nurse is a laid back person, always laughing and making immature jokes. On page 40, while talking about Juliet's chilhood, she exclaims, "For even the day before she broke her brow. And then my husband...took up the child. 'yea' quoth he. 'Dost thou fall upon thy face? Thou willt fall backward when thou hast more wit,'...The pretty wretch left crying and said 'ay.' To see now, how jest shall come about!" She is explaining the time during Juliet's Childhood when Juliet fell down, The Nurse's husband picked Juliet up, and asked her if she would "fall backwards" (bow chicka wow wow) and innocently, Juliet said yes. The Nurse could not stop laughing at this incident, which is very immature.
Lady Capulate on the other hand, is proper, like how a Queen is supposed to act. For example, when she is talking about Paris with Juliet, Lady Capulet states, 'Verona's summer hath not such a flower.' This dialouge shows how she talks, with a gentle, warm tone. She is very mature, and queen-like.
These two characters differ from each other in words, and actions. The Nurse talks with no care, and laughs immaturely, while Lady Capulet talks like a queen, and has proper manerisms. That is how these two characters are Foils of one another.
Connor B.
I was wondering if it is ironic when the nurses husband says "Dost thou fall upon thy face?Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit, Wilt thou not, Jule?"(40). Because the man is saying that she will have sex when she is older is this ironic because she has remained a virgin longer than many girls?
answering andy m's question.
Juliet is closer to the Nurse than her own mother. This is shown as the Nurse gushes about how she raised and watched Juliet grow since she was an infant. Her distance from her mother is accentuated as she greets her mother with, "Madam, I am here. What is your will?"
Nurse and Lady Capulet are foils to each other becasue of the way they act within the presence of Juliet. Her mother, Lady Capulet doesn't show attention towards Juliet, and when she calls her name, Juliet answers back in a very respectable and monotone way. Nurse shares stories about her past daughter that would have been the same age as Juliet, and tells stories of Juliet's childhood, and raising her. When Lady Capulet asks her daughter of what she thinks of marrige she expects a quick answer, and preferably a yes because Paris would like her to be his bride.
ANSWERING Emily O's Question:
I think the reason Lady Capulet doesn't want to hear the Nurse's stories is because she is jealous of the relationship between the nurse and Juliet. After the Nurse told a long story of Juliet when she was little, Lady Capulet says, "Enough of this. I pray thee, hold thy peace." By saying this, it shows that Lady Capulet is irretated by the stories of the nurse. Maybe it is because she longs for that relationship with her own daughter, all the good, fun times the nurse had with Juliet, Lady Capulet wants those times.
How are Nurse and Lady Capulet foils for one another????
The Nurse and Lady Capulet are perfect foils for one another in the way the relate to Juliet. First of all, Nurse is a more caring person towards Juliet has a more compassionate feeling towards her. Nurse treats Juliet like a daughter, you can see the relationship and how close Juliet and the Nurse is when Nurse says, "Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour" (38) Nurse shares that she is so close to Juliet that she can tell how old she is by the hour wich is like knowing how much Juliet ages by the hour.
On the other hand, Lady Capulet is a very distant mother, not very compassionet and is very distant from her child almost like they barely talk. When Lady Capulet and Juliet talk it seems like it's just business no family even neighborly relationships between them. This is displayed when Juliet awnsers "Madam, I am here. What is your will?"(38). Juliet awnsers to her mother with great respect like it is some high status stranger who she has never met before and has nothing in common with. Comparing Nurse with Lady Capulet relating with Juliet they both have different characterstics Nurses' being positive towards Juliet of course. While her real mothers personality characteristic being a bit negative.
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Why do you think Nurse when off into a long monologe about Juliet?
Answer to Emily O's question
When the Nurse is speaking affectionately of Juliet, how come Lady Capulet doesn't care to listen to her stories that she seems to know nothing of?
Lady Capulet is portrayed as a cold character, distant and uncompassionate to her daughter. This is shown through the way Juliet treats her, when her mother calls for her she replies with, "Madam, I am here. What is your will?" (Act I, Scene iii, Line 7.) Instead of an affectionate tone, Juliet calls her own mother 'Madam'. This shows that Lady Capulet is not a caring mother and the reason why she doesn't care for the silly stories of Juliet as a child.
Why is Lady Capulet so formal with Juliet even though Juliet is her(Lady Capulet) daughter?
Who is Juliet closer to her mother, Lady Capulet, or Nurse?
I think Juliet is closer to the Nurse as that is what Shakespeare was probably suggesting when he wrote Act 1 Scene 3. The Nurse is so close to Juliet that she can "...the her age unto an hour..." Usually people can only tell how many months it is until someone's next birthday but the Nurse can tell Juliet's age to the very hour, this shows they are truly close as the Nurse care so much for Juliet that she know what ordinary people do not, as to tell someone's age to the very hour requires that that the Nurse be very close to that someone, in this case-Juliet. Since people are usually closer to the person closer to you, this means probably means Juliet is closer to the Nurse.
Discuss the extended metaphor in Lady Capulet's lines about Paris.
In Lady Capulet's lines about Paris, she is using an extended metaphor comparing Count Paris with a book of some sort. Just like one volume is a portion of a World Book encyclopedia series, the "fair volume"(I,iii,85) that is mentioned in Lady Capulet's lines are of "young Paris's face"(I,iii,81), being "writ there with beauty's pen"(I,iii,82), meaning he has many distinguishing beautiful features and details as if rough-drafted first, secondly edited multiple times and thirdly, written into perfection. As each facial feature, or detail "lends content"(I,iii,84) to another, it seems as though every feature looks comparatively better, just like when reading a novel, all the small events and happenings, being exciting in a way, makes a later part seem much more dramatic, like in A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the storming of the Bastille and other such revolutionary activities wouldn't be as dramatic, if little hints of foreshadowing like when "blood" written in wine on a wall, and other small preparations towards that revolution like the meeting in the wine shop weren't written. His front page, or face is magnificent, yet "to beautify him only lacks a cover"(I,iii,88), which is like saying he has a pretty face, yet he need some great hair, or muscles to make him look the best that he could look, which in this case, instead of muscles or hair, is a wife, which Paris desires to be Juliet, and with her, people like Lady Capulet believe they will be the perfect masterpiece, having put together the "unbound lover"(I,iii,87) with "gold clasp locks"(I,iii,92) which do not only bind the book tightly together, but also are rich in beauty, to match both the lovely cover, and the novel inside.
How might Juliet's relationship with her mother or her mother's personality might spark problems for Juliet later in the play?
Might her mother's personality or relationship with Juliet save her in the future? Ir so, how? If not, why not?
Nurse is a really open person. When some one askes of Juliet she is not afraid to say that she was the woman who nursed her. She also cares for Juliet alot more than Lady Capulet does. Her and Juliet are very close.
Discuss the extended metaphor in Lady Capulet's lines about Paris:
Lady Capulet uses an extended metophor to compare Paris to a book. She tells Juliet to "Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face" (Act 1; Scene 2; Line 83) This shows that Lady Capulet wants Juliet to as we would say: check Paris out. Using the metophor, Lady Capulet tries to tell Juliet that Paris is flawless by stating: "to beautify him only lacks a cover" (Act 1; scene 3; line 90) By "cover," Lady Capulet means a wife (implying Juliet) this reviels that Paris is perfect except for the fact that he is unmarried.
Lady Capulet makes an extended metaphor by comparing Paris to a book. "This precious book of love, this unbound lover."(54) She is saying this to Juliet, because she wants her to look at him like he is a book. She wants to see if Juliet will think that Paris is attractive by looking at him. "Read o'erthe volume of young Paris' face."(54) She told Juliet if she finds anything that is obscure to look in the "margent of his eyes"(54). This continues the extended metaphor because it says how there is a margent like in a book. Lady Capulet also says that the romance only "lacks a cover", which will help make Paris not "unbound". This is like the cover of a book which happens to be a love story. This will "lock" it all in.
Answer to Andy M. question:
Juliet is closer to the Nurse, because she has spent a lot more time with her than her mother. Also her mother is almost not comfertable being aroud her daughter alone. She tells the nurse to leave and then she decieds that she should stay. "Nurse come back again."(48. The nurse also had lots of stories about Juliet as a cild and how she took care of her and even nursed her. "Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed"(52). The nurse isn't neccessary more liked by Juliet, but she is closer because she is always around her.
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