romeo and juliet characters Flashcards
romeo
the son and heir of the Montagues. he is caught in the middle of a violet feud between his family and the Capulets and secretly married Juliet
juliet
the daughter of lord and lady Capulet. She is a beautiful 13 year old girl who grows up quickly when she falls in love with Romeo.
friar lawrence
he a friend both to romeo and juliet and secretly marries them in hope that the union might eventually bring peace to Verona
nurse
Juliet’s personal attendant and confidante. she has a deep affection for juliet and assists in her secret marriage to romeo.
mercutio
he is a relative of the Prince and Romeo’s close friend. Lovely, fun, and reckless, he is loyal to romeo and his family. He tells the Queen mab story.
tybalt
he is a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin on her mothers side. He is aggressive, vain, and supremely aware of courtesy and the lack of it. He loathes the montagues.
lord capulet
he is head of the family, father of juliet, husband of lady capulet and enemy of the Montagues. He is eager for his daughter to marry paris for financial gain and status.
lady capulet
she is juliet’s mother and lord capulet’s wife. a women who herself married young, she is eager to see her daughter marry paris, recognizing the profit to be made.
the apothecary
the equivalent of a pharmacist, this man illegally sells poison to romeo.
lord montague
he is romeos father, head of the family, and a bitter enemy of lord capulet
lady montague
she is romeo’s mother who dies of grief when romeo is banished from verona
chorus
a narrative voice in the play, this group of actors speaks the prolouge
prince escalus
a relative of mercutio and paris and in charge of keeping order in verona. he hates the feud between two families and is the person who exiles romeo
paris
he is a relative of the prince and lord and lady’s capulet’s preferred choice as a suitor for juliet. A wealthy and honorable gentlemen, he is killed in the feud
friar john
a messenger who is sent to Mantua to tell romeo of friar lawrence’s plan to reunite romeo and juliet after romeo is banished. he is quarantined and never arrives to deliver the message.