| Romeo | the son of Montague and Lady Montague |
| Friar Lawrence | A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet |
| Mercutio | A kinsman to the prince and Romeo’s close friend |
| Montague | The patriarch of the Montague family |
| Lady Montague | Romeo’s mother, Montague’s wife |
| Benvolio | Montague’s nephew; Romeo’s cousin and friend |
| Juliet | The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet |
| nurse | Juliet’s nurse |
| Tybalt | Capulet; Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side |
| Capulet | The patriarch of the Capulet family |
| Lady Capulet | Juliet’s mother; Capulet’s wife |
| Paris | a kinsman of the prince and the suitor of Juliet who is most preferred by Capulet |
| Prince Escalus | the prince of Verona |
| an old man | capulet family |
| friar john | franciscan |
| balthasar | servent to romeo |
| sampson | servant to capulet |
| gregory | servant to capulet |
| peter | servant to juliet’s nurse |
| abram | servant to montague |
| pernicious | causing great injury |
| augmenting | increase, enlargen |
| grievance | injustice |
| transgression | wrongdoing |
| heretics | hold to a belief of the established church |
| round character | many traits benvolio |
| flat character | not many traits, single trait sampson |
| situational irony | an even occurs that directly contradict the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience |
| dramatic foil | two characters who are different benvolio, tybalt |
| static characters | characters within a story that do not change throughout the story |
| dynamic characters | characters within a story that remain the same throughout the story |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Characters
July 27, 2019