She is more identified with Juliet's life than even her master, Capulet, or her mistress, Lady Capulet. She sympathizes with the love for Romeo; she enjoys performing highly risky mediations such as facilitating communication and procuring a rope ladder. She possesses a traditional sense of loyalty, but it is quite shallow regarding moral and eternal fidelity. When things get complicated and, despite Juliet's husband having been exiled for Tybalt's death, there is a crisis where her father wants to force Juliet to marry Paris, the Nurse displays her pragmatic character. When she naively suggests that Juliet ignore Romeo and choose the handsome and wealthy Paris, stating that 'the first husband is null and void,' she is lost to Juliet's world forever. She is also the one who finds Juliet in her bed, numb and thought to be dead.
