Romeo & Juliet
Romeo
Falls in love with Juliet at the ball.
Proclaims his love for Juliet in the balcony scene.
Is infatuated with Rosaline, who doesn't return his love.
Marries Juliet.
Kills Tybalt in a dual and is exiled.
Return to Verona unaware of Juliet's true state.
Kills Paris and dies in Juliet's tomb.
Juliet
Meets and falls in love with Romeo.
Proclaims her love for Romeo from her balcony.
Marries Romeo without telling her parents.
Spends a first and last night with Romeo, knowing he was banished for murder.
Disobeys her parents who have arranged for her to marry Paris.
Takes the potion that the Friar supplied.
Wakes in the tomb and seeing Romeo's dead body, kills himself.
Mercutio
Accompanies Romeo to the masked ball.
Attempts to cheer up Romeo who is suffering becuase of his love.
Duels with Tybalt.
Is stabbed as a result of Romeo's intervention.
Utters a curse on both the Capulet's and Montague's households on his dying breath.
Nurse
Is involved in the first discussions about Juliet's marriage to Paris.
Is sent to Romeo to organise the marriage ceremony.
Arranges for Romeo to come to Juliet after he has been banished.
Unwisely suggests that Juliet marry Paris after Romeo's exile.
Discovers the apparently dead body of Juliet.
Friar Laurence
Agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet
Shelters Romeo after his fight with Tybalt and his banishment.
Conceives a plan to help the lovers to reunite at some point in the future.
Gives Juliet the drug to make her appear dead.
Is unable to send news of their plans to Romeo in Mantua in time.
Is unable to stop Juliet from killing herself.
Benevolio
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