How important is the role of the Nurse in `Romeo and Juliet’? Would the play still work without her?

... Romeo and Juliet How important is the role of the Nurse in `Romeo and Juliet'? Would the play still work without her? The Nurse is a highly developed character who is bawdy and humorous. The role of the Nurse is important in many ways and here are many reasons why Shakespeare used such a character in the play. One's initial reaction to the Nurse is that she is in the play as a source of humour even though the play is a tragedy. This gives the play a twist because she changes the mood from one scene to another. In order for as to see whether her presence is essential, important or merely incidental, one should look at each scene in detail and analyse her interaction with other characters and the atmosphere she creates. When the Nurse first makes her emergence she is characterized as a vulgar commoner. The effect the

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