Act 2, Scene 5: Anxiously Awaiting

Prompt C

In Act 2, Scene 5, Juliet says the lines: "But old folks, many feign as they were dead, unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead." These lines depict Juliet's mood very well and the effect they have on her character. They show the result of her desperate impatience, which is rude remarks regarding the nurse's speed and tying it to her age. It shows irony, because Juliet feels she is mature and ready to be married, yet she mocks the nurse behind her back about her age in a childish way. As a reader, it brings me to doubt everything going on with Juliet's love for Romeo, because she still seems impulsive and foolish and not ready for everything that she thinks she is.