Benvolio a -asks capulet for permission to marry juliet.
capulet b -announcer who introduces the basic situation
of the play to the audience.
chorus c -walks by himself beneath the sycamore
grove, bemoaning his unreturned love.
the nurse d -stops the fighting of the men in scene 1.
paris e -city that serves as the setting for the play,
prince f -youth of montague's family who tries to stop
fighting between the servants.
romeo g -recognizes romeo at the capulet's party and
vows to kill him.
stratford-upon-avon h -city in which william shakespeare was born.
tybalt i -defends romeo by saying that romeo is
"virtuous and well-governed"
verona j -reveals to romeo that juliet is a capulet.