Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is believed to have been written around 1595. The play was written for the Globe Theater and used continuous staging due to not having professional lighting or curtains in Shakespeare's time. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy. The story is about two "star-crossed lovers" who fall in love, despite their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, who have been feuding for years.

We hear of Juliet in Act One Scene Two. Paris, a young nobleman, asks Juliet's father, Capulet, for Juliet's hand in marriage. Capulet's wife, Lady Capulet, is then sent in Act One Scene Three to speak to Juliet on the matter. This is where we first meet Juliet and her nurse. It was the custom for children of noble families to be looked after from birth by a nurse. We are told she became Juliet's wet nurse after her...