We see a lot of the Capulet servants, including Juliet's nurse, Peter, the illiterate servant with the guestlist for the party, some musicians, and Sampson and Gregory, notorious thumb biters. On the other side we have Abram and Romeo's personal servant Balthazar. Other servants as extras are implied.
Sampson, Gregory, Clown, Peter, Antony, and Potpan were the servants of the Capulets WHO HAVE NAMES. There are others (unnamed like Juliet's nurse, serving man, etc.)
When the play opens, Juliet's age is not yet
His name is Peter.
she is just the nurse of Juliet
Peter
The Nurse
Balthasar.
Balthazar.
the nurse (her servant)
He is a capulet, the Nurse's servant.
Lady Capulet is Juliets mother BUT the nurse brought Juliet up. Juliet was raised in Italy in the house of Lord and Lady Capulet, her parents. But largely by her Nurse and servant Angelica.
She doesn't, and she doesn't have to. She is Juliet's servant.
The answer is both, Yes and No. The term 'Nurse' that Shakespeare uses in Romeo and Juliet, does NOT refer to what we, in modern times, call a Nurse (as in a Medical Nurse). Another meaning of 'Nurse' is a Lady in Waiting (a Valet for a woman) or more simply put, a Woman's Personal Servant/Maid. Typically speaking ALL, and usually ONLY, wealthy women had a 'Nurse' or 'Nurse-maid' at that time. But that is not the meaning of Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. This Nurse was Juliet's wet-nurse, which means that Juliet fed as a baby from the breasts of the Nurse rather than from her mother. The nurse remembers in Act 1 Scene 3 that it was eleven years since Juliet was weaned (stopped breastfeeding) because the Nurse put bitter wormwood on her nipple to make it taste bad to Juliet. She has continued as a servant since but is remembered as a Nurse and has a special relationship with Juliet.
the nurse (her servant)
He is a capulet, the Nurse's servant.
Balthazar.
Lady Capulet is Juliets mother BUT the nurse brought Juliet up. Juliet was raised in Italy in the house of Lord and Lady Capulet, her parents. But largely by her Nurse and servant Angelica.
She doesn't, and she doesn't have to. She is Juliet's servant.
The answer is both, Yes and No. The term 'Nurse' that Shakespeare uses in Romeo and Juliet, does NOT refer to what we, in modern times, call a Nurse (as in a Medical Nurse). Another meaning of 'Nurse' is a Lady in Waiting (a Valet for a woman) or more simply put, a Woman's Personal Servant/Maid. Typically speaking ALL, and usually ONLY, wealthy women had a 'Nurse' or 'Nurse-maid' at that time. But that is not the meaning of Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. This Nurse was Juliet's wet-nurse, which means that Juliet fed as a baby from the breasts of the Nurse rather than from her mother. The nurse remembers in Act 1 Scene 3 that it was eleven years since Juliet was weaned (stopped breastfeeding) because the Nurse put bitter wormwood on her nipple to make it taste bad to Juliet. She has continued as a servant since but is remembered as a Nurse and has a special relationship with Juliet.
Balthasar, Romeo's servant, brings the news of Juliet's death.
Romeo's servant will bring cords to the Nurse as a way for Romeo to climb up to Juliet's balcony to meet her. This is part of Romeo's plan to secretly see Juliet without anyone knowing.
The character with the least lines in Romeo and Juliet is Peter. He is a minor character who serves as a servant to the Nurse.
Yes, in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," the character Nurse is a servant and confidante of the Capulet family.
Mercutio and Benvolio
Lady Capulet is Juliets mother BUT the nurse brought Juliet up. Juliet was raised in Italy in the house of Lord and Lady Capulet, her parents. But largely by her Nurse and servant Angelica.