Mercutio | Romeo’s witty and loyal friend who is killed by Tybalt when defending Romeo |
Tybalt | Juliet’s hot-headed cousin; kills Mercutio, then is killed by Romeo |
Prince Escalus | Banishes Romeo from Verona |
Paris | Juliet’s suitor and cousin of the prince; killed by Romeo at the Capulet tomb |
Balthasar | Romeo’s servant who tells him of Juliet’s death |
Benvolio | Romeo’s peaceful, good-natured friend |
Friar Laurence | Marries Romeo and Juliet and makes the plan to fake Juliet’s death |
Friar John | Sent to Mantua to tell Romeo of Friar Laurence’s plan; he is intercepted and never arrived |
The Nurse | Capulet servant and confident to Juliet; acts as a messenger between Romeo and Juliet |
Peter | A Capulet servant attending to the nurse |
Lady Capulet | Juliet’s mother who is cold and calculating in her desire for Juliet to marry Paris |
Lord Capulet | Juliet’s irritable and irrational father who demands that she marry Paris |
Lady Montague | Romeo’s mother who dies of grief when Romeo is banished |
Lord Montague | Romeo’s father who, along with Lord Capulet, originated the feud between the families |
Abram | A servant to the Montagues |
Sampson | A servant to the Capulets |
Gregory | A servant to the Capulets |
Apothecary | Illegally sells poison to Romeo |
Romeo and Juliet Character Chart
August 14, 2019