Juliet’s mother tells her about Paris’s proposal and urges her to accept.
Juliet’s caretaker and companion. She tells a bawdy story about Juliet as a baby, much to Juliet’s embarrassment.
Capulet’s 13-year-old daughter. She is not particularly concerned with marriage but agrees to keep an eye out for Paris at the party.
The servants in the Capulet household are busily preparing for the party.
Lady Capulet and the Nurse call Juliet to enter the scene. Lady Capulet wants to talk to her daughter, Juliet, about the possibility of marriage. They discuss the fact that Juliet still has two weeks left before her fourteenth birthday, but, as Lady Capulet points out, plenty of girls her age are mothers already. Juliet is open to marriage, although she admits she hasn’t thought much about it. Lady Capulet tells her that handsome Paris is interested in taking her as his wife. Juliet says she’ll keep an open mind. In the meantime, the Capulet party has just begun.
