The greatest influence in your life can not always lead you to do the best decisions but may also not be recognized for leading you into them. In the novel Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there is a character playing the nurse who has lost a daughter the same age as Juliet and is now a widow. The nurse is a great influence and is responsible for Juliet because she has raised her, she does not stop Juliet from her bad choices, and does not deliver the correct information to her. Raising someone is not always easy but it will guide them into the right choices if done correctly. The nurse has raised Juliet ever since she was a little girl. “ Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour” ( I,iii, 13). This quote is telling the reader that the nurse has been with Juliet for a very long time and knows a lot more about her than Lady Capulet. “ And then my husband took up the child. ‘ Yea,’ quoth he,’dost fall upon thy face? Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit; Wilt thou not, Juliet” (I,iii, 45). In this quote the nurse is remembering a childhood memory of Juliet that included the nurse's husband telling a joke to young Juliet. Having memories of Juliet's first step’s can only direct the reader into thinking she has been part of her life for a very long time. …show more content…
In scene II, act v, lines 69 the nurse states “There stays a husband to make you his wife.” Not only did she arrange wedding plans for Romeo and Juliet but she knew they have only known each other for a few hours. In scene II act ii, The nurse brings the rope ladder for Romeo. This happens right after Juliet finds out her cousin, Tybalt, has been killed by Romeo, yet this does not stop the nurse from helping Romeo sneak into Juliet’s room that same night. There are many things the nurse could have done to avoid or stop Juliet from getting married, having sex and continue being with