Dit is een samenvatting van hoofdpersonen, gebeurtenissen en een korte analyse van het proloog van Romeo en Juliet, vaak terug te vinden in literatuurgeschiedenis toetsen engels in latere jaren.
Romeo and juliet Summary
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet: Study Guide | SparkNotes
Shakespeare's play about the doomed romance of two teenagers
from feuding families is the most famous love story ever written.
First performed around 1596, Romeo and Juliet has been adapted
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Character list
Romeo: A sixteen-year-old Montague heir, handsome, intelligent
and sensitive, more interested in love than the feud between the
Montagues and the Capulets, willing to extremes to prove the
seriousness of his feelings.
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, Juliet: A thirteen-year-old Capulet daughter, naïve but quickly
grows upon meeting Romeo, courageous in trusting her life and
future to Romeo, loyal to her closest friend and confidant, her
Nurse.
Friar Lawrence: A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and
Juliet, kind, civic-minded, proponent of moderation, marries the two
lovers in hopes of bringing peace to Verona, expert in the use of
potions and herbs.
Mercutio: Romeo's close friend, extraordinary and overflowing with
imagination, wit, and satire, loves wordplay and hates people who
are pretentious or obsessed with the latest fashions, tries to
convince Romeo to view love as a simple matter of sexual appetite.
The Nurse: Juliet's Nurse, vulgar, long-winded and sentimental
character, provides comic relief, serves as Juliet's faithful confidante
and loyal intermediary in her affair with Romeo.
Tybalt: Juliet's cousin, a Capulet, vain, fashionable, quick to draw
his sword when he feels his pride has been injured, loathes
Montagues.
Capulet: The patriarch of the Capulet family, Juliet's father, enemy
of Montague, loves Juliet and wants her to have a "good" match
with Paris.
Lady Capulet: Juliet's mother, eager to see her daughter marry
Paris, an ineffectual mother and relies on the Nurse for support.
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, Montague: Romeo's father, the patriarch of the Montague clan,
concerned about Romeo's melancholy.
Lady Montague: Romeo's mother, dies of grief after Romeo is
exiled from Verona.
Paris: A kinsman of the Prince and suitor of Juliet most preferred
by Capulet, acts presumptuously toward Juliet once Capulet has
promised him he can marry her.
Benvolio: Montague's nephew, Romeo's cousin, thoughtful friend,
tries to help Romeo get his mind off Rosaline.
Prince Escalus: The Prince of Verona, a kinsman of Mercutio and
Paris, concerned about maintaining the public peace.
Friar John: Charged by Friar Lawrence with taking the news of
Juliet's false death to Romeo in Mantua, but the message never
reaches him.
Balthasar: Romeo's dedicated servant, brings Romeo the news of
Juliet's death, unaware that it is a ruse.
Sampson & Gregory: Servants of the house of Capulet, hate the
Montagues, successfully provoke some Montague men into a fight.
Abram: Montague's servant, fights with Sampson and Gregory in
the first scene of the play.
The Apothecary: An apothecary in Mantua, had he been wealthier,
might have refused to sell poison to Romeo.
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