Romeo and Juliet characters

Romeo Montague

He is indifferent to the enmity between the families of Montague and Capulet. He is quick-tempered, amorous, passionate, and at the same time a noble and just young man. He is almost twenty years old, and feelings are constantly boiling in his heart. When he passionately fell in love with Juliet...

Juliet Capulet

The main heroine of the tragedy is Juliet Capulet, a fourteen-year-old carefree girl. However, despite her young age, she has a non-child depth of thinking. She is rich, both internal and external beauty, constantly attracts and fascinates with her blooming youth. The heroine is represented in the...

Tybalt

Tybalt is a relative of the Capulets, he is the cousin of Juliet from the side of his mother.He fiercely hates the Montague family. Such a hateful approach towards this family is due to his difficult childhood and poor breeding. He has a very quick temper, he is an aggressive and very cruel young...

Mercutio

Mercutio is one of the heroes of Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". This boy is Romeo's best friend from a young age. He has a very hot and temperamental temperament. According to the plot, he is a relative of Prince Escalus. This young man spends all his time with friends...

Friar Laurence

Friar Laurence is a monk; he is a minor character in Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet", which occupies one of the key positions.  The monk is presented to readers by a wise and shrewd person who understands that only love can destroy the long-standing opposition. Laurence...

County Paris

County Paris is a young man of noble birth, a kinsman of Prince Verona Escalus, a close friend of the Capulets family. From the first scene with him, we learn that he asks Signor Capulet for the hands of his daughter, Juliet's young. And it seems not the first time, hoping to hear a positive...

Escalus

The prince is the ruler of Verona. He monitors the order and implementation of laws in the city. He constantly intends to stop the violence amongst two fighting families. However, he remains powerless against real and strong love. The Escalus characterizes a higher strength and feels partly...

Balthasar

He is a humble and conscientious personal servant of Romeo. He takes the rope ladder to the nurse so that she gets to Juliet's room. When a servant gets to know about the death of a young and adored girl of his master, he hurries to report to him about it. It is he who accompanies his master...