Romeo and Juliet Characters

Playwright who wrote the tragedy Romeo and Juliet

son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague

daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet

A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet, secretly marries the couple, and comes up with a plan to try to help them

Romeo's close friend, one of the most extraordinary characters in all of Shakespeare's plays, imaginative, hot-headed, and witty

the woman who has cared for Juliet all of her life, provides comic relief with her frequent inappropriate remarks, serves as Juliet's trusted confidante

A Capulet, Juliet's cousin, an aggressive and violent sword-fighter who hates the Montagues

Patriarch of the Capulet family, Juliet's father, bitter enemy of the Montagues

Juliet's mother

Patriarch of the Montague family, Romeo's father, bitter enemy of the Capulets