ROMEO AND JULIET
A PLAY BY WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
Characters & Summary of Acts 1 through 5
9th Grade English
Ms. Richards
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 Act 1
 Act 2
 Act 3
 Act 4
 Act 5
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PLOT OVERVIEW
This play by William Shakespeare takes place in Verona, Italy. Here two families, the
Montagues and the Capulets, have an ongoing feud that continues through the
generations. Romeo and Juliet meet and it was love at first sight. The young starcrossed lovers don’t care about their families feud and they plan to secretly run away
and get married. The outcome is tragic, but you will have to continue reading to find
it out.
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CHARACTERS
 Romeo- Son of Montague and Lady Montague. About 16 years old, very passionate, leaves Rosaline
because he falls in love with Juliet. Romeo has no interest in the feud of the Montagues and Capulets.
 Juliet- Daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. About 14 years old, falls in love with Romeo and
wants to marry him.
 Tybalt- Juliet’s cousin. He hates the Montagues and is quick to draw his sword. He is vain and has a
temper
 Friar Lawrence- A holy Catholic man who secretly marries Romeo and Juliet in hopes that it will
stop the families from fighting. He is also a master with herbs and potions.
 Nurse- Acted as Juliet’s mother her entire life. She is witty and comical in the play. The
Nurse helps Romeo and Juliet with their secret love but doesn’t necessarily understand it.
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MORE CHARACTERS
 Mercutio- He is a kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. He tends to play
on words a lot, and has an interesting imagination. He does not believe in Romeo’s
love.
 Capulet & Lady Capulet- Juliet’s parents who love her, but don’t know much about
her or her feelings. They hate the Montagues, and want Juliet to marry a boy named
Paris who is a kinsman to the Prince.
 Montague and Lady Montague- Romeo’s parents who hate the Montagues. Lady
Montague dies of grief once she hears that Romeo has been exiled from Verona.
 Friar John- In charge of bringing the news to Romeo that Juliet has faked her death,
but he gets caught up and the news never reaches him.
 Balthasar- tells Romeo of Juliet’s death, unaware that it is fake.
 Peter, Sampson, and Gregory- Capulet servants
 Abram- Montague’s servant
 Rosaline- Romeo’s first love who does not love him back
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ACT 1 SUMMARY
A young man named Romeo opens the play. He is depressed because he loves a girl
named Rosaline, but she does not love him back. Romeo’s friend, Benvolio, sees
that Romeo is sad and convinces him to go to a masked ball at the Capulet’s house,
who his family has had bitter hate towards his entire life. Romeo agrees to attend,
and he meets a beautiful girl named Juliet, who he later finds out is the daughter of
Capulet. They seal their love with a kiss that night. Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin,
recognizes who Romeo is and kicks him out of the ball, swearing that he will find
him later to fight.
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ACT 2 SUMMARY
After the ball, Romeo wanders into the Capulet’s garden where he hears Juliet
calling out his name and wishing he wasn’t a Montague. Romeo makes his
presence known and the two share an intimate love scene and make plans to be
married. Juliet sends the nurse to make final arrangements for the wedding.
Friar Lawrence agreed to marry the two because he believes it will stop the
feuding between the two families.
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ACT 3 SUMMARY
Tybalt, has found Romeo leaving Friar Lawrence’s cell, and tries to start a fight, but
Romeo is so love struck that he refuses to engage in a quarrel with him. Instead,
Mercutio fights Tybalt and is killed. Romeo is so enraged at his friend’s murder that he
begins to fight Tybalt, and kills him. The Prince of Verona gets word of what has
happened and bans Romeo from Verona. Juliet becomes hysterical, and her parents
believe it is because of Tybalt’s death, so they plan her wedding with Paris, not
knowing of her marriage and love of Romeo.
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ACT 4 SUMMARY
Juliet is in despair, so she seeks help from Friar Lawrence. He gives her a
potion that will make her appear dead, and her family will take her to their vault
to be buried. Once, she is in there, Romeo will be summoned to retrieve her
from the vault so they can flee from Verona and live together happily married.
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ACT 5 SUMMARY
Juliet takes the potion and is laid in the Capulet tomb, but the Friar’s letter fails to reach
Romeo, so he thinks that Juliet is really dead. He sneaks into the tomb and encounters
Paris. Romeo and Paris fight and Paris ends dead. Romeo makes a deadly poison and
drinks it as he says farewell to his love. Juliet wakes up realizes what Romeo has done and
kills herself with Romeo’s dagger. The Montagues and Capulets find out what has really
happened and decide to make up realizing what they had caused, making Verona peaceful.
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REVIEW QUESTION
Who convinces Romeo to go to the masked ball at the Capulet’s house?
 Tybalt
 Mercutio
 Paris
 Benvolio
WRONG ANSWER 1
Sorry! Tybalt is not the correct answer. He is Juliet’s cousin and
hates all of the Montagues.
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WRONG ANSWER 2
Sorry! Mercutio is not the correct answer. He is a good friend of
Romeo’s but he is not the one who convinces him to go to the
ball.
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WRONG ANSWER 3
Sorry! Paris is not the correct answer. Paris is the boy that
Juliet is supposed to marry and not a friend of Romeo’s.
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CORRECT ANSWER
CORRECT! Benvolio does convince Romeo to go to the ball
in hopes to get his mind off of Rosaline.
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