Nurse: Old attendant of Jason's children, when a master's fortunes fall badly, good slaves feel it as their own disaster, and it takes hold of their hearts. I have come to such a pitch of grief that a longing crept over me to come out here and tell the earth and sky what has happened to my mistress.

The nurse explains herself: when the masters' fortunes fall, good slaves feel it as their own disaster, and it takes hold of their hearts. Her grief has grown so great that she came outside to tell the earth and sky what has happened to her mistress. Speaking to the earth and sky is a gesture tragedy allows its characters when there is no one to hear them. The nurse began the play by wishing the Argo had never sailed; now she is reporting to the elements.