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.