Romeo and Juliet

Written by William Shakespeare

Setting

• The story happened in Verona, a town in Italy

• about six hundred years ago.

CharactersMontague Family

• Romeo• Lord Montague (Romeo’s father)• Lady Montague (Romeo’s mother)

• Benvolio(Romeo’s friend)

• Mercutio(Romeo’s friend)

Capulet Family• Juliet

• Lord Capulet (Juliet’s father)• Lady Capulet

(Juliet’s mother)• Juliet’s nurse

• Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin)

• Paris• (Lord Montague’s

friend)

Others•Prince of Verona•Father Lawrence

(a priest)

Romeo Juliet

Lady MontagueLord Montague

Romeo’s parents

Mercutio

Romeo’s friends

Benvolio

Lord Capulet Lady Capulet

Juliet’s parents

Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin

Juliet’s family

Juliet’s nurse

Prince of Verona

Father Lawrence

Not Montague, not Capulet

Paris

Themes

love

hate

friendship

Background:The Fight between the Montagues and the

Capulets

• The Capulets and Montagues were always fighting.

• Tybalt was leading the Capulets• Benvolio (a Montague) tried to stop the fighting• Prince of Verona wanted peace in his city.