Romeo and Juliet character study guide

Only child to the house of Capulet and cousin of tybalt. Not yet fourteen, the nurse who has raised her is her only confident. She hasn’t considered marriage yet, but will obediently agree to meet count Paris with openness to the match.

• Juliet

• Tybalt

• Lord capulet

• Nurse

Nephew of the capulets and cousin of Juliet. Quick to anger, he is referred to as the prince of cats because he is a very skilled swordsmen. He hates montages, and will seek revenge for romeos presence at the capulet party.

• Tybalt

• Juliet

• Peter

• Gregory

Head of the capulet family, husband of lady capulet, uncle of tybalt, and father of Juliet. He feels Juliet is to young to marry;yet, he allows Paris to woo her. When Romeo is discovered at his feast, capulet will speak well of him and order tybalt to let the intrusion pass.

• Tybalt

• Lord capulet

• Lady capulet

• Gregory

Wife of capulet, aunt of tybalt, and mother of Juliet. She married and became a mother at a very young age. She will urge her daughter to marry count Paris.

• Juliet

• Nurse

• Peter

• lady Capulet

Personal nursemaid and faithful confident of Juliet. She has raised Juliet. Her own daughter and husband are dead. When aware of the relashionship between Romeo sand Juliet, she will hold it secret and aid the young lovers.

• Nurse

• Sampson

• Gregory

• Tybalt

Servannt to the house of capulet. He will insult the montage serving men and provoke them to a fight.

• Sampson

• Gregory

• Nurse

• Juliet

Servant to the house of capulet. He will challenge Sampson’s courage, and back him when a fight begins with the montages.

• Gregory

• Nurse

• Peter

• Juliet

illiterate servant to the capulet household. He will be sent to invite guest to the capulet feast. He will ask Romeo to help him decipher the guest list.

• Peter

• Gregory

• Juliet

• Nurse

Only child and heir to the house of montague, cousin of benvolio, and friend to mercutio. He is suffering from unrequited love. He will be pursweaded against his better judgment to crash a party at the home of the capulets

• Romeo

• Abram

• Benvolio

• Lady montague

Nephew to montagu. Cousin and friend to Romeo. He is the peacekeepers of the family. Romeo’s father will ask benvolio to discover what is troubling a depressed Romeo.

• Romeo

• Abram

• Benvolio

• Balthazar