Romeo and his friends are disgraceful to nurse! Is this right or wrong? Find out in this blog post.



This a picture of Nurse in her dress.

 Describe how Romeo & his friends treat the Nurse in Act II. Would they treat all women of Verona in the same way? Support your reasoning with citations from the text and explain your thoughts in detail.

Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio and their friends treat Nurse poorly in Act II.  Back then and today men do not tease women or harm them.  Today, it is a crime to hit a girl and you could be arrested.  It was a disgrace for Romeo and his friends to pull Nurse's dress up.  Also, they were certainly not being nice with words.  They would definitely not do that to another women in Verona. 

One example of disgrace to Nurse was made by Mercutio.  When Nurse told her helper, Peter, to get her fan Mercutio said,"Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan's the fairer face."  This was obviously a rude comment.  A second example is when Benvolio was mocking Nurse and said, "She will indite him to dinner."

Last, Romeo and his friends pull Nurse's dress up, which is very rude.

Vocabulary:

chided- to express disproval of; scold; reproach


confounds- to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse

driveling- childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense

exposition-  the act of expounding, setting forth, or explaining
idolatry- excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.

lamentable- that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate

perjuries- the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry