CHARACTERS
Romeo Montague: One of the protagonists, he falls in love with Juliet Capulet at a masquerade. He marries her, but after killing Tybalt he is forced to flee the city. Acting on a plan that Friar Laurence puts together, he thinks that Juliet is dead and drinks poison to kill himself while in her tomb.
Montague: the father of Romeo, and a mortal enemy of the Capulets.
Montague: the mother of Romeo.
Benvolio: the nephew of Romeo's father.
Abraham, a servingman of the Montagues.
Balthasar: Romeo's servant.
Friar Laurence: Romeo's older friend who is involved in Romeo and Juliet's attempt to run away. He provides Juliet with the sleeping potion, but is unable to inform Romeo of his plan. Romeo returns to the city and, thinking Juliet is dead, kills himself.
Juliet Capulet: A young girl who falls in love with Romeo Montague at a masquerade. She marries him, but is troubled when he kills her cousin Tybalt in a street fight. She later takes a sleeping potion administered by Friar Laurence in an attempt to escape the city, but wakes up to find Romeo dead beside her. She takes his sword and kills herself.
Lord Capulet: the father of Juliet, he is angry when she refuses to consider marrying Count Paris, unaware that she is already secretly married to Romeo.
Lady Capulet: the mother of Juliet, she supports Juliet's father on the issues of marriage.
Tybalt: The nephew of Juliet's mother, he is killed by Romeo in a fight.
Pertruccio: The page of Tybalt.
Nurse: The nurse of Juliet, and the woman she turns to for advice and help. The nurse turns out to be useless in helping Juliet with her marriage to Romeo, however, and instead encourages her to marry Paris.
Peter: A servingman of the Capulets.
Samson: A servingman of the Capulets.
Gregory: A servingman of the Capulets.
Prince Escalus: The Prince of Verona, he provides for law and order. After Tybalt is killed be banishes Romeo and orders the families to cease their feud.
MERCUTIO
Mercutio: A kinsmen to Prince Escalus and a friend of Romeo. He is killed by Tybalt, resulting in Romeo killing Tybalt in revenge.
Count Paris: a suitor of Juliet, liked by Lord Capulet but hated by Juliet.
Apothecary: A man who looks like a skeleton, he sells Romeo the poison that Romeo commits suicide with.
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