The Nurse

From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Juliet's bawdy, garrulous Nurse provides comic relief and surrogate motherhood, but ultimately fails Juliet by advising marriage to Paris.
Act 1, Scene 3

The Nurse's long reminiscence about weaning Juliet ("'twas no need, I trow, to bid me trudge") establishes her earthy intimacy with Juliet.

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