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| the only son of the Montague family; he wants the unavailable Rosaline until he sees Juliet and falls in love; a star crossed lover |
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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 enemy; 13 years old |
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| whose name literally means "good will"; a classic nice guy; cousin to Romeo |
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| count who is related to the Prince; he cares about Juliet and wants to marry her; the suitor her family favors |
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| Romeo' father; he is stubborn and not willing to forgive |
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| Juliet's father; arranges marriage with Paris for his won political gain |
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| Juliet's hot-tempered cousin, Capulet; kills Romeo's BFF Mercutio in a duel; Romeo stabs him which cause Romeo to be banished from Verona |
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| Mentor to both Romeo and Juliet; thinks helping them might end the family feud |
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| was supposed to deliver a ltter to Romeo about Juliet, but he was quarantined and Romeo never got it |
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| Montague servant and a friend of Romeo |
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| he supplies the poison that Romeo uses to end his life; at first he is unwilling to sell poison to Romeo but later sells it out of necessity against his conscience. |
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| Romeo's mother; she is very busy and strict. |
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| brings comic relief to play; close confident/friend of Juliet surrogate mother to Juliet; she cares deeply for Juliet's best interests, even encouraging Juliet's dangerous relationship with Romeo in the hope that it will make Juliet happy |
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| defends Romeo's honor in a duel and is killed by Tybalt in Act. 3, Scene 1 |
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| leader of Verona; he wants to call a truce and end the family feud |
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