Blog Post #3

Prompt #2

       In Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Romeo and his friends encounter Nurse, as she asks Romeo about the wedding that is suppose to take place that day. IN the text and story, Romeo's friends treat Nurse with much disrespect and little courtesy, despite that she is a woman. Each of the men in this scene give of actions and words of disrespect to Nurse. When Nurse approaches, Mercutio says, "Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan's the fairer face." This relates to the disrespect of Nurse because not only  is it in a way mocking Peter, but it is also very insulting to Nurse. Mercutio also says to Nurse, "Farewell, ancient lady; farewell," and is mocking Nurse of her age as he walks away, singing, "lady, lady, lady."
    Buenvolio also shows disrespect to Nurse when he encounters her. Buenvolio says, "She'll indite him to supper," indite being a malapropism for "invite". This is disrespectful because Benvolio is mocking Nurse.
Romeo shows some courtesy to Nurse, which is expected for Romeo, because of his personality. Nurse is obviously irritated by the remarks, when she is outraged and says, "An 'a speak anything against me, I'll take him down," meaning if he says anything bad about me, I'll beat him up.
     Romeo and his friends would of course not treat every woman of Verona in their rude, disrespectful manor, because it is required to show respect to upper class woman. Nurse was treated that way only because she was a servant, and was lower class in the Capulet house hold. If Romeo's friends were to say all of what they said to nurse to an upper class woman , they would surely be punished.

IN this photo, a man is showing courtesy and respect to the woman by holding the door for her, like how Romeo's friends should have shown respect to nurse, and the picture is from old-times to represent old fashions.

Vocabulary:

 chided:  to express disapproval of

 confounds: To throw into confusion or disorder

 driveling:  To talk childishly or idiotically

 exposition: The act of presenting to view; display

idolatry: Excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, ect.

 lamentable: regrettable, unfortunate
  perjuries: The willing giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, upon a point material to a legal        inquiry