Confidante In Romeo And Juliet

In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the female protagonist, Juliet Capulet, is struggling with romantic feelings for somebody from her rival family, Romeo Montague. Throughout the novel, Nurse acts as Juliet’s confidante. The Nurse is one of the few people who know of the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. Nurse provides the audience with comic relief, which is needed provided the intense plot of the tragedy. Also, she serves as a messenger for Romeo and Juliet’s romance, providing information for the lovers where need be.

Nurse is one of the only people who knows of the relationship, and because of that, Juliet can open up to her. As Juliet’s confidante, the Nurse has a very close relationship with Juliet, and knows all of her secrets in life. This point-of-view allows the reader to get a closer view of what Juliet is really feeling. At the Capulet feast, Nurse watches over Juliet, and sees her kissing Romeo. Nurse breaks up the kissing by saying, “Madam, your mother craves a word with you.” (I,v, 123). This is the moment that Nurse found out about the lovers, but kept it secret. This happens many more times in the tragedy, showing Nurse’s role as a