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"bear the burden"
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Act 2,
Scene 5
Lines 71-76

An explanation of the phrase, “bear the burden” in Act 2, Scene 5 of myShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Nurse

Hie you to church; I must another way,
To fetch a ladder, by the which your love
Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark.
I am the drudge and toil in your delight,
But you shall bear the burden soon at night.
Go; I'll to dinner. Hie you to the cell.

The Nurse says that she's had to do the hard work up to this point, but now Juliet will have to take over, implying that, come nighttime, Juliet will have to bear Romeo's weight.