Comparing Act 1 Scene 5 Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Oh Peter. My Juliet is growing so much older. I have nursed her since she was a babe so I feel that she is so much more my child than theirs. I know that you have understood everything that I have been doing recently. You know that Juliet is getting married. You watched me speak to Romeo about his plans - even though you didn’t come and help me when his terrible friends were speaking so inappropriately to me. I don’t know if I have done the right thing by helping Juliet. I did tell her that Romeo was ‘a Montague and the only son of your great enemy (Act 1, Scene 5, Ln 143-144)’ but I think it was too late by then. I think they had fallen in love. But is it true love?

Oh, I am so worried about her. And it is happening this afternoon - their