romeo and juliet. the people in the play/story
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Characters and Literary Elements
Romeo and Juliet
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Character
The people in the play/story.
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Character Overview
There are two families in Romeo and Juliet ( Montague and Capulet)
The two families hate each other.
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Romeo Montague
The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, handsome, intelligent, and sensitive.
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Romeo Montague
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Juliet Capulet
The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl. An innocent girl who has thought little about love and marriage, who grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy.
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Juliet Capulet
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Friar Lawrence
A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. Kind, civic-minded, a proponent of moderation, and always ready with a plan.
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Friar Lawrence
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Mercutio
A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. He can be quite hotheaded.
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Mercutio
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The Nurse
The woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life.
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Nurse
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Tybalt
A Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Vain, fashionable, supremely aware of courtesy and the lack of it, he becomes aggressive, violent, and quick to draw his sword when he feels his pride has been injured.
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Tybalt
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Capulet
The patriarch 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. 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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Lord and Lady Capulet
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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 melancholy.
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Lady Montague
Romeo’s mother.
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Lord and Lady Montague
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Paris
A kinsman of the Prince, and the suitor of Juliet most preferred by Capulet.
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Paris
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Benvolio
Montague’s nephew, Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend, he makes a genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public places, though Mercutio accuses him of having a nasty temper in private.
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Benvolio
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Prince Escalus
The Prince of Verona. A kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. As the seat of political power in Verona, he is concerned about maintaining the public peace at all costs.
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The Prince
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Sampson and Gregory
Two servants of the house of Capulet, who, like their master, hate the Montagues. At the beginning of the play, they successfully get some Montague men into a fight.
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Rosaline
The woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play.
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The Chorus
a single character who, as developed in Greek drama, functions as a narrator offering commentary on the play’s plot and themes.
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Scene
a section or part of the play (like a chapter).
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Setting
Where the action of a story or play occurs.
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Conflict
The struggle or problems faced by the characters in the play or story.
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Prediction
A guess what will happen next in the story or play.
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Exit Ticket
*Answer the questions at the bottom of your study sheet on a separate paper to hand in.