Nurse (Romeo and Juliet)

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GCSE English Mind Map on Nurse (Romeo and Juliet), created by Freya Russell on 21/03/2017.
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Mind Map by Freya Russell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Nurse (Romeo and Juliet)
  1. Talks in prose:
    1. Shows she has lower class
    2. Warns Romeo not to lead Juliet
      1. Into "a fools paradise"
      2. Mercutio provides humour at
        1. the nurse's expense
        2. Uses crude humor
          1. Provides Juliet with maternal love
            1. Raised Juliet and is a parental figure
            2. Is a flat character (does not develop
              1. has a functional role to move the plot forwards
              2. She admires Paris as a good match for Juliet
                1. "A man of wax"
                  1. Does not like Romeo (Immature) and calls him a "dish clout"
                    1. She goes along with it for Juliet
                  2. Focuses a lot on Juliet's sex life
                    1. Defends Juliet from her father (Act 3 Scene 5)
                      1. "My lord, you’re wrong to berate her like that."
                      2. Does not appear in the play after Juliet's 'death'
                        1. Juliet and the nurse drift apart throughout the plate
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