Romeo and Juliet

Describe Juliet's feelings in the opening scene of the Act. How does this contrast with the Nurse?

This is on Act 2 scene 5

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Juliet is excited and impatient for the nurse's return. She desperately wants to hear about her Romeo and what he plans to do next. The Nurse plays upon Juliet's impatience. She says her bones are aching and she is out of breath,

Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay awhile?
Do you not see that I am out of breath?

When Juliet can take the Nurse's stalling no more, the nurse finally reveals the news to Juliet.