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Journal• What would you do if your parents
denied you to see the person you felt was your destiny? Would you obey them or go behind their backs?
ROMEO
Son of the Montague family About 16 years old Sensitive, impulsive and immature Devoted friend
JULIET
Daughter of the Capulet family 13 years oldA naïve childHas no freedomClosest friend is her Nurse
FRIAR LAWRENCE
Friend to both Romeo and Juliet Kind, civic-minded, and always ready with a plan A Catholic holy man An expert in the use of potions and herbs
MERCUTIO
Related to the Prince Romeo's best friend Overflows with imagination Loves wordplay Can be hotheaded
NURSE
Has taken care of Juliet her entire lifeLike her “Nanny”
Talks a LOT
TYBALTJuliet's cousin; quick to draw his sword when he feels his pride has been injured; his sword is something to be feared;
• LORD AND LADY CAPULETJuliet's parents; both want Juliet to marry Count Paris
LORD AND LADY MONTAGUERomeo's parents and bitter enemies of Capulets.
PARISRelated to the PrinceSuitor of Juliet
• BENVOLIO
Romeo's cousin. Known as the peace-maker.
• PRINCE ESCALUS
The “Police” of Verona. Related to Mercutio and Paris
• BALTHASARRomeo's dedicated servant
• SAMPSON AND GREGORYTwo servants of the house of Capulet
• ABRAHAMMontague's servant
• THE APOTHECARYA druggist
• • PETER
A Capulet servant who can’t read; seen with Nurse
• ROSALINEThe woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play.
• THE CHORUSThe Chorus is a single character who functions as a narrator offering commentary on the play's plot and themes.
Dramatic Irony• Both Romeo and Juliet see the other as light in a
surrounding darkness – Juliet describes Romeo as "day in night“
– Romeo describes Juliet as being “like the sun”
• This contrast of light and dark can be expanded as symbols—contrasting love and hate in a metaphoric way.
• Sometimes these intertwining metaphors create dramatic irony– Romeo and Juliet's love is a light in the midst of the darkness of
the hate around them, but all of their activity together is done in night and darkness, while all of the feuding is done in broad daylight.
Themes[Lessons Learned]
• The Forcefulness of Love – violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties,
and emotions• Love as a Cause of Violence
– a grand passion, and as such it is blinding; it can overwhelm a person as powerfully and completely as hate can
• The Individual Versus Society– a battle between the responsibilities and actions demanded by social
institutions and those demanded by the private desires of the individual– appreciation of night, with its darkness and privacy, make sense in the context
of individuals who wish to escape the public world [religion, public order, masculine honor]
• The Inevitability of Fate – a power often vested in the movements of the stars, unavoidable outcome – Romeo and Juliet constantly see omens – the feud between their families – the horrible series of accidents– the tragic timing of Romeo’s suicide and Juliet’s awakening
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