Characters in Romeo and Juliet

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Character who believes Juliet should marry Paris and argues for Romeo's execution after Tybalt's death.

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Lady Capulet

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Romeo's cousin who tries to keep peace throughout the play.

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Benvolio

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Character who seeks Juliet's hand in marriage and doesn't think she's too young to be a wife and mother.

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Paris

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Character who is like a mother to Juliet and helps arrange her marriage to Romeo.

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The Nurse

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Son of the Montagues who falls easily in and out of love.

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Romeo

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Romeo's best friend who is moody and impulsive.

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Mercutio

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Performs the ceremony for Romeo and Juliet and helps Juliet escape to The Capulet tomb.

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Friar Lawrence

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Type of highly structured love poem used in the play’s prologue and Romeo and Juliet’s “holy palmers” speech.

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Sonnet

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Part of traditional plot structure equivalent to Act 3 in Shakespeare’s Five Act Play Structure.

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Climax

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Mercutio's relation in the play.

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The Prince