The whole of the interaction between the Nurse and Juliet
in Act II, scene v is a complete lack of communication. The Nurse has just returned
from meeting with Romeo to find out when and where Romeo and Juliet will be married, and
Juliet has been on pins and needles waiting for her return. In one of the (potentially)
most comic scenes in the play, Juliet repeatedly tries to get information out of the
Nurse, who repeated strays off topic, talking about her aches and pains, how fabulously
handsome Romeo is, and even asking Juliet where her mother
is.
Here's how the scene concludes, though I'm sure you
could find any number of quotes to suit your purpose throughout the
scene:
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Juliet
Where
is thy mother?...How oddly thou
repliest.
Nurse
Are
you so hot? Marry, come up, I trow.
Is this the poultice
for my aching bones?
Henceforward do your messages
yourself.
Juliet
Come
what says Romeo?
And then the
Nurse, finally gives Juliet the information she has been craving, that they are to be
married that day at Friar Laurence's cell.
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