Juliet and Nurse sample response

1. Literature to Art:
Henry Perronet Briggs, Juliet and the Nurse (1827)
"Shakespeare Illustrated | The Artists | Romeo and
Juliet." Shakespeare Illustrated | The Artists | Romeo and Juliet. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2012.
ACT II SCENE V. Capulet's orchard.
Enter JULIET
JULIET
The clock struck nine when I did
send the nurse; In half an hour she
promised to return. she cannot
meet him: that's not so. O, she is
lame! love's heralds should be
thoughts, Which ten times faster
glide than the sun's beams, Driving
back shadows over louring hills:
Therefore do nimble-pinion'd doves
draw love, And therefore hath the
wind-swift Cupid wings. Now is the
sun upon the highmost hill Of this
day's journey, and from nine till
twelveIs three long hours, yet she is
not come. Had she affections and
warm youthful blood, She would be
as swift in motion as a ball; My
words would bandy her to my
sweet love, And his to me: But old
folks, many feign as they were
dead; Unwieldy, slow, heavy and
pale as lead. O God, she comes!
Enter Nurse and PETER
O honey nurse, what news? Hast
thou met with him? Send thy man
away.
JULIET Now, good sweet nurse,--O
Lord, why look'st thou sad?...By
playing it to me with so sour a face.
Nurse
I am a-weary, give me leave awhile:
One thing that is the same as
the story
One thing that is different from
the story
Explain whether or not this
painting changes your
understanding of the story.
Why or why not?
One thing that is the same is
that Juliet appears very
perplexed and anxious to speak
with the Nurse. In the text, the
nurse pretends that she isn’t
interested in speaking to Juliet
about her conversation with
Romeo. It can be inferred that
she suddenly becomes
concerned about what Juliet’s
parents would think. This
painting does not change my
thinking about the play or my
understanding of the text
because it appears to be a
literal interpretation of events.