Every Shakespearean tragedy needs an easy, effervescent character who will ease the lingering tension throughout the play. The Nurse fits this role perfectly in Romeo and Juliet, providing crucial comic relief in the darkest moments. Some of the nurse's most redeeming qualities include her caring nature, her kindness, and, above all, her humor. The nurse acts as the glue that holds the characters together, tying the entire play together. One of her strongest characteristics is her close maternal relationship with Juliette. For a woman who is not a mother, The Nurse describes this role to Juliette exceptionally well. The nurse has raised Juliette all her life and knows her inside and out. This is particularly evident when she tells Lady Capulet: "Well, I can tell her age to an hour." » (I/iii/12) The nurse demonstrates an astonishing display of knowledge of the girl she has breastfed and raised in place of her mother since her birth (almost) fourteen years ago, and has kept track of his age down to the hour. Not only is the nurse a close mother in the way she knows Juliet very well, but she is also willing to help her marry Romeo and encourage her happiness. The Nurse passes messages between Romeo and Juliet, for example when Juliet sent her to find out the identity of the anonymous man she fell in love with at the party, the Nurse returned quickly and smoothly saying " His name is Romeo, and a Montague, only son of your great enemy (I/v/136-137) If the Nurse did not constantly act as a conduit between Romeo and Juliet, they would never have fulfilled their destiny. of star-crossed lovers The Nurse is also exceptionally kind to others, despite the tragic events she experienced in the middle of a paper...... e- And yet, to my teenage self, by the way. , I'm only four, - She's not fourteen (I/iii/13-15) The nurse includes little jokes like her dwindling stock of teeth in the daily debacles about age. She can always be counted on to joke around in a playful way, which makes her a very easy character to love and plays up the rough edges of Romeo and Juliet. The Nurse is a key character in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, playing the essential role of the messenger. between lovers, proving her kindness as well as her motherly love towards Juliet and adding significant comic relief to help cast a lighter shade on the tragedy's dark themes. If it weren't for the nurse in the room, the ties that hold the room together could probably come loose, leaving Juliet motherless, the star-crossed lovers' relationship ending, no one to make bawdy comments, and the room in tatters...