Montagues and Friends
Impulsive, lovesick teenage boy
Romeo
Only daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet
Juliet
“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Doth, with their death, bury their parents' strife.”
Chorus
A dramatic work dealing with a serious or sad theme
Tragedy
The author of Romeo and Juliet as well as at least 37 other plays and 154 sonnets
William Shakespeare
Expresses concern for his son's melancholy mood
Lord Montague
Juliet's longtime caregiver and confidante
Nurse
“Is she a Capulet? / O dear account! My life is my foe's debt.”
Romeo
Romeo's dream that discourages him from going to the party could be seen as an example of:
Foreshadowing
The punishment for Montagues and Capulets continuing their feud in public
Faithful cousin of Romeo
Benvolio
Intends to woo Juliet
Paris
"[Marriage] is an honor that I dream not of.”
Juliet
Benvolio's reference to Cupid, a figure from Roman mythology, is an example of:
Allusion
Prince of Verona
Escalus
Illiterate Capulet servant who erroneously invites two Montagues to Capulet's masquerade
Peter
Short-tempered cousin of Juliet
Tybalt
“But saying o'er what I have said before: / My child is yet a stranger in the world; / She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. / Let two more summers wither in their pride, / Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.”
Lord Capulet
Nurse's embarrassing story about Juliet is an example of this type of dramatic speech:
Monologue
Capulet servants with unsavory opinions of how Montagues should be treated (must name both)
Gregory and Sampson
Friend of Romeo and Benvolio with a dismissive attitude toward dreams
Mercutio
Capulet initially loved by Romeo
Rosaline
“Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow, / We would as willingly give cure as know”
Lord Montague
The hotheaded Tybalt is a _____ to the rational Benvolio
Foil
Bringer of dreams alluded to by Mercutio
Queen Mab