romeo and juliet

who is the ruler of verona at the time of romeo and juliet?

• benvolio

• prince escalus

• tybalt

• romeo

who is the cousin to the prince and a member of the royal family. he wants to marry juliet.

• count paris, "the county"

• lord montague

• abraham

• balthasar

who is juliet's father and the head of the capulet family. he has the final say over all financial matters, marriages, and buisness ventures. he is use to getting his own way.

• lord montague

• friar laurence

• tybalt

• lord capulet

who is juliet's mother. she is much younger then her husband, and gave birth to Juliet when she was about 14 years old. she does not have a warm relationship with juliet.

• nurse

• lady montague

• lady capulet

• balthasar

2 weeks away from her 14th birthday. she is the only living child of lord and lady capulet.

• juliet

• nurse

• mercutio

• gregory

in wealthy families a nurse took care of the children from the time they were born until they were on their own. Juliet is closer to nurse then to her own mother.

• lord montague

• sampson

• nurse

• friar laurence

lady capulet's nephew and a capulet by marrage. since the capulets do not have a son, he will be the head of the family if Capulet dies. he is one of the most interested in the feud, and he is the biggest trouble maker.

• romeo

• gregory

• sampson

• tybalt

servants of the house of capulet

• abraham

• sampson

• gregory

• balthasar

related to the prince. romeo's closest friend. he hates tybalt

• gregory

• mercutio

• lord montague

• benvolio

romeo's father. he is a lot like lord capulet only gentler and more sensitive. he is a very concerned and caring father.

• lady montague

• lord capulet

• lord montague

• lady capulet