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English Romeo/Juliet
Characters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Romeo | The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. He lives in the middle of a feud between Montigues and Capulats. He at fist loves Rossiline and then forgets her for Juliet. |
| Juliet | daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. A thirteen-year-old girl, Juliet begins the play as a naïve child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy. |
| Friar Lawrence | A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. He originally is hesitant to Marry Romeo and Juliet but does to end the feud. He makes the potion to make Juliet seem dead. |
| Mercutio | A friend of Romeo. Is killed by Tybalt. Is joking. When he is present the scene is masculine. He finds Romeo’s romanticized ideas about love tiresome |
| The Nurse | Juliet’s nurse. The Nurse is Juliet’s faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet’s affair with Romeo. Juliet dosnt trust her at the end of the play. |
| Tybalt | A Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Kills Mercutio and is killed by Romeo. |
| Benvolio | Montague’s nephew, Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend. He spends most of the play trying to help Romeo get his mind off Rosaline, even after Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet. |
| Capulet | The patriarch of the Capulet family, father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet. He truly loves his daughter, though he is not well acquainted with Juliet’s thoughts or feelings, and seems to think that what is best for her is a “good” match with Paris. |
| Lady Capulet | Juliet’s mother, Capulet’s wife. A woman who herself married young . she is eager to see her daughter marry Paris. She is an ineffectual mother, relying on the Nurse for moral and pragmatic support. |
| Montague | Romeo’s father, the patriarch of the Montague clan and bitter enemy of Capulet. At the beginning of the play, he is chiefly concerned about Romeo’s depression. |
| Lady Montague | Romeo’s mother, Montague’s wife. She dies of grief after Romeo is exiled from Verona. |
| Paris | The suitor of Juliet most preferred by Capulet. Once Capulet has promised him he can marry Juliet. Romeo kills him while going into the catacombs to see Juliet. |
| Prince Escalus | The Prince of Verona. Says he will punish if the Montigues and Capulats fight. He banished Romeo after he killed tybalt for killing Mercutio. |
| Friar John | A Franciscan friar charged by Friar Lawrence with taking the news of Juliet’s false death to Romeo in Mantua. The message never reaches Romeo. |
| Balthasar | Romeo’s dedicated servant, who brings Romeo the news of Juliet’s death, unaware that her death is a ruse. |
| Sampson & Gregory | Two servants of the house of Capulet, who, like their master, hate the Montagues. At the outset of the play, they successfully provoke some Montague men into a fight. |
| Abram | Montague’s servant, who fights with Sampson and Gregory in the first scene of the play. |
| The Apothecary | Refused to sell poison to Romeo. |
| Peter | A Capulet servant who invites guests to Capulet’s feast and escorts the Nurse to meet with Romeo. He is illiterate, and a bad singer. |
| Rosaline | The woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play. Rosaline never appears onstage, but it is said by other characters that she is very beautiful and has sworn to live a life of chastity. |
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