Act 2, Scene 5 - Video Performance: Juliet and the Nurse, Lines 37-53

Juliet and the Nurse, Lines 37-53

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Act 2,

Scene 5

Lines 37-53

Juliet and the Nurse perform an excerpt of Act 2, Scene 5 of myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

myShakespeare | Romeo and Juliet 2.5 Performance: Juliet and Nurse, Lines 37-53

Well, you have made a simple choice; you know not

how to choose a man. Romeo! No, not he, though his

face be better than any man's, yet his leg excels

all men's; and for a hand, and a foot, and a body,

though they be not to be talked on, yet they are

past compare. He is not the flower of courtesy,

but I'll warrant him as gentle as a lamb. Go thy

ways, wench; serve God —

[The nurse looks toward the house]

what, have you dined at home?

No, no. But all this did I know before.

What says he of our marriage? What of that?

Lord, how my head aches! What a head have I!

It beats as it would fall in twenty pieces.

My back —

[Juliet starts massaging the nurse's back]

at t'other side, — ah my back, my back!

Beshrew your heart for sending me about,

To catch my death with jauncing up and down!

I' faith, I am sorry that thou art not well.

Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse, tell me, what says my love?