Describe the character of the Nurse and her role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

The Nurse is a trusted member of the Capulet household,
having worked in it for the entirety of Juliet's life. In fact, she nursed Juliet, and,
in keeping with the intimacy created by breastfeeding, enjoys a close bond, one that far
surpasses the role of lady-in-waiting. With Lady Capulet Juliet converses in a formal,
even stiff manner, addressing her as 'Madam'. The Nurse, however, she treats as a kind
of mother figure, a friend, confidant, and finally, co-conspirator in her
affaire de coeur with Romeo. In this, especially as she arranges
Juliet's last night and nuptials with Romeo, the Nurse is even willing to betray her
employer for the sake of the girl's happiness. It is only after Romeo's exile from
Verona that the Nurse blunders, counselling Juliet to renounce her marital bond
with Romeo to marry Paris. Thereafter, Juliet no longer confides in her. At the end of
the play we are left with a parody of the once genial and humorous nurse nonsensically
speaking about sex as she tries to waken the drugged Juliet.