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The nurse has just proposed to Juliet that she should commit bigamy and marry Paris. It's an outrageous suggestion, really. The nurse, however has always seemed to be a rough and ready type when sex is concerned, loving crude sexual jokes at the expense of a child ("Thou wilt fall on thy back when thou art older, wilt thou not, Jule?") and enjoying Mercutio's dirty talk. Maybe she seriously thinks that bigamy would be ok. But Juliet has every reason to hold her in contempt for this opinion and to decide to exclude her from any further confidences.

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