The Nurse
The Nurse refers to this character as a "man of wax" in Act 1, Scene 3.
Paris
Act 5, Scene 3
After he unintentionally causes this tragic event, Romeo reflects on his error stating: "This day’s black fate on more days doth depend. This but begins the woe others must end."
Mercutio's death
His illiteracy leads to Romeo's eventual meeting with Juliet.
Capulet Servingman
Friar Lawrence: "So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their ________."
Eyes
At the Capulet masquerade, The Nurse tells this character: "Marry, bachelor, Her mother is the lady of the house, And a good lady, and a wise and virtuous. I nursed her daughter that you talked withal."
Romeo
This scene features an all-out brawl in the streets of Verona, leading to the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio.
Act 3, Scene 1
When asked about this woman, Romeo states: "No. I have forgot that name and that name’s woe."
Rosaline
His inability to get to Mantua prevents Romeo from getting the letter regarding Juliet's death.
Friar John
Juliet's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 5: "But old folks, many feign as they were __________, / Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead."
Dead
When the Nurse requests her fan, this character replies: "Good Peter, to hide her face, for her fan’s the fairer face."
Mercutio
In this scene, Romeo delivers a soliloquy in which he compares Juliet's beauty to the sun rising in the East.
Act 2, Scene 2
Fill in the blank: All slain, all dead. “Romeo is __________.” There is no end, no limit, measure, bound In that word’s death. No words can that woe sound. Where is my father and my mother, nurse?
Banishéd
He is threatened with mutilation by Romeo, if he interferes with Romeo's business in the Capulet tomb.
Balthasar
Lady Capulet in Act 3, Scene 1: "I beg for justice, which thou, prince, must give. / Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must _____ _________."
The Nurse claims Juliet would rather marry this animal than marry Paris in Act 2, Scene 4.
A Toad
In this scene, Lord Capulet states "All things that we ordainéd festival / Turn from their office to black funeral"
Act 4, Scene 5
Identify the speaker: "These times of woe afford no times to woo.— Madam, good night. Commend me to your daughter."
Paris
This servingman accompanies the Nurse when she goes to speak with Romeo in Act 2, Scene 4.
Romeo in Act 5, Scene 1: "Come, cordial and not poison, go with me / To Juliet’s grave, for there must I use ______.
Thee
The Nurse says this word 5 times in four lines after discovering Juliet's death in Act 4, Scene 5 - meant to express her sadness and shock.
Woe/Woeful (day)
In this scene, Friar Lawrence warns Romeo and Juliet that "These violent delights have violent ends" shortly before marrying them in secrecy.
Act 2, Scene 6
The play concludes with this character stating: "For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Prince Escalus
This Capulet Servingman accompanies Tybalt as he confronts Mercutio and Benvolio.
Petruchio
Friar Lawrence in Act 2, Scene 6: "Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. / Too swift arrives as tardy as _______ _________."
Too Slow