| 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