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Romeo and Juliet
Main Characters of Romeo and Juliet
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Literature
9th Grade
04/26/2010

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Balthasar
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Montague servant amd a friend of Romeo
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Benvolio
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whose name literally means "good will," is a classic nice guy. Cousin to Romeo. (Montague)
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Escalus
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Prince, Rule of Verona; outlaws fighting to restrain the violence between the Montagues and the Capulets. If the Prince can't do anything about the feud, it means that the law (which the Prince embodies) is powerless against the passions of hate and of love
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Friar John
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He was supposed to deliver a letter to Romeo about Juliet, but he was quarantined and Romeo never got the note.
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Friar Laurence
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Mentor to both Romeo and Juliet; thinks helping them might end the family feud.
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Gregory
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Capulet servant
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Juliet
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the beautiful (and only) daughter of the Capulets. She is fated to love Romeo Montague, the son of her family's mortal enemies.
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Lady Capulet
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Juliet's mother
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Lord Capulet
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Juliet's father.  Arranges marriage with Paris for his own political gain.
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Mercutio
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Defends Romeo Montague's  honor in a duel and is killed by Tybalt in Act 3, Scene 1.
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Nurse
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Brings comic relief to play.  Close confident of Juliet. 
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Paris
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Count who is related to the Prince. He cares about Juliet and wishes to marry her; suitor favored by her family.
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Peter
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Capulet servent; Delivers the invitaions for the party
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Romeo
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the only son of the  Montague family. He lusts after the unavailable, Rosaline until he sets eyes on Juliet Capulet (the only daughter of his family's arch enemy) and falls in love at first sight. Star crossed lover.
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Rosaline
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Romeo's obsessive and unrequited love;  until he meets Juliet. Rosaline has no speaking part, never appears on stage
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Sampson
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Capulet servant
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Tybalt
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Juliet's hot-tempered cousin, Capulet. Kills Romeo's BFF, Mercutio, in a street brawl.   Romeo mortally stabs him, which causes Romeo to be banished from Verona.
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