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Introduction to Romeo and Juliet
The cast of characters
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RomeoThe hero of the story and the
son of Montague and
Lady Montague. He
falls in love with Juliet
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JulietThe daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet.
She falls in love with Romeo.
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Friar LaurenceHe secretly marries Romeo
and Juliet in hopes that their marriage might bring
peace to Verona.
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NurseJuliet's faithful
caregiver. She knows about Juliet's secret
relationship with Romeo.
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MercutioA relative to the Prince
of Verona, and Romeo's close friend.
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TybaltA Capulet and Juliet's
cousin on her mother's side. He hates the
Montagues and is quick to start a fight.
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Lord Montague
Romeo's father and head of the Montague
family. He is a bitter enemy of Capulet.
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Lady Montague
Romeo's mother, Montague's wife. She dies of grief
after Romeo kicked out of the town of Verona.
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Lord Capulet
The head of the Capulet family, father of Juliet,
husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy, for
unexplained reasons, of Montague.
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Lady Capulet
Juliet's mother, Capulet's wife. A
woman who herself married young (by her own estimation she gave birth to
Juliet at close to the age of fourteen), she is eager to see her
daughter marry Paris.
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ParisA relative of the Prince. He wants to marry Juliet,
but Juliet does not want to marry him. Juliet’s parents
would like her to marry Paris.
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BenvolioRomeo's cousin who
spends most of the play trying to help Romeo forget about an old
girlfriend name Rosaline.
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Prince Escalus
The Prince of Verona. He wants there to be peace in his city.
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Balthasar Romeo's servant, who brings
Romeo the news of Juliet's death, unaware that she is
only pretending to be dead so she can then run away with
Romeo.
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RosalineThe woman with whom
Romeo thinks he is in love with at the
beginning of the play.
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Works Cited
All images are from imdb.com and come from Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film