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Romeo - The son and heir of Montague and Lawrence is also an expert in the use of

Lady Montague. A young man of about seemingly mystical potions and herbs.
sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and
Mercutio - A kinsman to the Prince, and
sensitive. Though impulsive and immature, his
Romeos close friend. One of the most
idealism and passion make him an extremely
extraordinary characters in all of Shakespeares
likable character. He lives in the middle of a
plays, Mercutio overflows with imagination,
violent feud between his family and the
wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and
Capulets, but he is not at all interested in
brooding fervor. Mercutio loves wordplay,
violence. His only interest is love. At the
especially sexual double entendres. He can be
beginning of the play he is madly in love with a
quite hotheaded, and hates people who are
woman named Rosaline, but the instant he
affected, pretentious, or obsessed with the
lays eyes on Juliet, he falls in love with her and
latest fashions. He finds Romeos romanticized
forgets Rosaline.
ideas about love tiresome, and tries to convince
Juliet - The daughter of Capulet and Lady Romeo to view love as a simple matter of
Capulet. A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl, sexual appetite.
Juliet begins the play as a nave child who has
The Nurse - Juliets nurse, the woman who
thought little about love and marriage, but she
breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has
grows up quickly upon falling in love with
cared for Juliet her entire life.
Romeo, the son of her familys great enemy.
Because she is a girl in an aristocratic family, Tybalt - A Capulet, Juliets cousin on her
she has none of the freedom Romeo has to roam mothers side. Vain, fashionable, supremely
around the city, climb over walls in the middle aware of courtesy and the lack of it, he
of the night, or get into swordfights. becomes aggressive, violent, and quick to draw
Nevertheless, she shows amazing courage in his sword when he feels his pride has been
trusting her entire life and future to Romeo, injured. Once drawn, his sword is something to
even refusing to believe the worst reports about be feared.
him after he gets involved in a fight with her
cousin. Capulet - The patriarch of the Capulet family,
father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet, and
Friar Lawrence - A Franciscan friar, friend to enemy, for unexplained reasons, of Montague.
both Romeo and Juliet. Kind, civic-minded, a He truly loves his daughter, though he is not
proponent of moderation, and always ready well acquainted with Juliets thoughts or
with a plan, Friar Lawrence secretly marries feelings, and seems to think that what is best
the impassioned lovers in hopes that the union for her is a good match with Paris. Often
might eventually bring peace to Verona. As prudent, he commands respect and propriety,
well as being a Catholic holy man, Friar
but he is liable to fly into a rage when either is Friar John - A Franciscan friar charged by
lacking. Friar Lawrence with taking the news of
Juliets false death to Romeo in Mantua. Friar
Lady Capulet - Juliets mother, Capulets
John is held up in a quarantined house, and the
wife. A woman who herself married young (by
message never reaches Romeo.
her own estimation she gave birth to Juliet at
close to the age of fourteen), she is eager to see Balthasar - Romeos dedicated servant, who
her daughter marry Paris. She is an ineffectual brings Romeo the news of Juliets death,
mother, relying on the Nurse for moral and unaware that her death is a ruse.
pragmatic support.
Sampson & Gregory - Two servants of the
Montague - Romeos father, the patriarch of house of Capulet, who, like their master, hate
the Montague clan and bitter enemy of the Montagues. At the outset of the play, they
Capulet. At the beginning of the play, he is successfully provoke some Montague men into
chiefly concerned about Romeos melancholy. a fight.

Lady Montague - Romeos mother, Abram - Montagues servant, who fights with
Montagues wife. She dies of grief after Romeo Sampson and Gregory in the first scene of the
is exiled from Verona. play.

Paris - A kinsman of the Prince, and the suitor The Apothecary - An apothecary in Mantua.
of Juliet most preferred by Capulet. Once Had he been wealthier, he might have been able
Capulet has promised him he can marry Juliet, to afford to value his morals more than money,
he behaves very presumptuous toward her, and refused to sell poison to Romeo.
acting as if they are already married.
Peter - A Capulet servant who invites guests
Benvolio - Montagues nephew, Romeos to Capulets feast and escorts the Nurse to
cousin and thoughtful friend, he makes a meet with Romeo. He is illiterate, and a bad
genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public singer.
places, though Mercutio accuses him of having
Rosaline - The woman with whom Romeo is
a nasty temper in private. He spends most of
infatuated at the beginning of the play.
the play trying to help Romeo get his mind off
Rosaline never appears onstage, but it is said
Rosaline, even after Romeo has fallen in love
by other characters that she is very beautiful
with Juliet.
and has sworn to live a life of chastity.
Prince Escalus - The Prince of Verona. A
The Chorus - The Chorus is a single character
kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. As the seat of
who, as developed in Greek drama, functions
political power in Verona, he is concerned
as a narrator offering commentary on the
about maintaining the public peace at all costs.
plays plot and themes.

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