Capulet
-Juliet:13-year-oldonly-daughterofLordandLady
Capulet
-LordCapulet:TheheadoftheCapuletfamily
-LadyCapulet:ThematriarchoftheCapuletfamily
-Tybalt:Juliet’shot-headedcousin
-TheNurse:Juliet’snanny
-Sampson&Gregory:Servantswhofightwith
Abraham
-Peter:ServantwhoinvitesRomeoandBenvolioto
theparty
Montague
-Romeo:OnlysonofLordandLadyMontague
-LordMontague:TheheadoftheMotaguefamily
-LadyMontague:ThematriarchoftheMontague
family
-Benvolio:Romeo’scousin
-Abraham:ServantwhofightswithSampson&
Gregory
-Balthasar:ServanttotheMontagues
Others
-Mercutio:Romeo’sbestfriend;thePrince’scousin
-PrinceEscalus:ThepoliticalpowerinVerona
-CountParis:ThePrince’scousin;Juliet’ssuitor
-FriarLawrence:Romeo’sconfidante
Terms
-Tragedy:aplaydealingwithtragicevents
-Comedy:aplaywithahumorous/satiricaltone
-Monologue:alongspeechbyonecharacterinaplay
toothercharacters
-Soliloquy:whenacharactergivesalongspeechof
theirinner-thoughtsbutnottoother
characters
-TragicFlaw:(hamartia)fatalflawleadingtothe
downfallofacharacter
-DramaticFoil:twocharacterswhoareoppositesina
certainway.
-Benvoliowantstokeepthepeace;
Tybaltonlywantstofight.
-BlankVerse:Iambicpentameterthatdoesn’trhyme.
Shakespearemostlywroteinblank
verse.