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