Romeo and Juliet Group

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sill
sill
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College - Senior

Briefly identify the role that the characters of the play "Romeo and Juliet" have in the plot of the story.

EG.Juliet- daughter of capulets, in love with romeo, also dies

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Posted by sill on Sunday June 15, 2008 at 5:39 PM and tagged with characters, roles.


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  1. sullymonster Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    Romeo - son the Montagues, in love with Juliet, kills himself

    Benvolio - friend of Romeo, also a Montague

    The Friar - friend and mentor of Romeo first, then Juliet; marries Romeo and Juliet and gives Juliet sleeping potion

    The Nurse - caretaker of Juliet; helps to arrange marriage

    Mercutio - friend of Romeo, cousin to the Prince, light-hearted and carefree, gets killed by Tybalt

    Tybalt - cousin to Juliet, angry young man, kills Mercutio, gets killed by Romeo

    The Prince - the ruler of Verona

    Rosaline - girl that Romeo was in love with before Juliet, rejects Romeo

    Lord and Lady Capulet - parents to Juliet

    Lord and Lady Montague - parents to Romeo

    Apothecary - sells Romeo poison

    Balthasar - friend of Romeo who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead (doesn't realize that she is faking it)

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    Posted by sullymonster on Monday June 16, 2008 at 7:40 AM

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