Character Types
The Setting
The Feud
Love
Who Said It?
100
The main character/s of a story. The reader follows this character's experiences.
What is the protagonist?
100
This is the city that the play is set in.
What is Verona, Italy?
100
The name of the family that Tybalt belongs to.
What is Capulet?
100
These two characters are in love.
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
100
"Two households, both alike in dignity..."
Who is the chorus in the prologue?
200
This character causes a struggle for the protagonist.
What the antagonist?
200
This is where Romeo and Juliet first see each other.
Where is the Capulet's masquerade ball?
200
The name of the family that Benvolio belongs to.
What is Montague?
200
Prior to seeing Juliet, she is the person that was making Romeo so miserable.
Who is Rosaline?
200
"Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"
Who is Abram, a servant from the house of Montague.
300
This character is one that the central character confides in; they are friends.
What is a confidante?
300
Most of the action takes place in either the Capulet household, or here, a space that is shared by everyone.
What is town square?
300
Because of the feud, these two main characters are killed at the end of act III.
Who are Tybalt and Mercutio?
300
These two characters are the only ones that know about, and attempt to help with, Romeo and Juliet's love.
Who are Friar Lawrence and Nurse?
300
"A plague o' both houses! They have made worms' meat of me."
Who is Mercutio?
400
This character can be round or flat, but his or her personality remains the same throughout the story.
What is a static character?
400
We get a glimpse of the Capulet's life because action is set there, but we never see the inside of this place.
What is the house of Montague?
400
This action led to the the very first fight of the play.
What is a servant from the house of Capulet biting his thumb at a man from the house of Montague?
400
Both Romeo and Juliet believe that death is better than this punishment given to Romeo after the kills Tybalt, as it will keep the lovers apart.
What is banishment?
400
"Here from Verona art thou banished. Be patient, for the world is broad and wide."
Who is Friar Lawrence?
500
This character is used to enhance another character through contrast.
What is a foil character?
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