Shakespeare

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Romeo Montague

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The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. sixteen

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Juliet Capulet

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daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. thirteen

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Friar Lawrence

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secretly marries romeo and juliet in hopes that the union might eventually bring peace to Verona.

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Mercutio

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A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. witty. especially sexual double entendres.

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Tybalt Capulet

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Juliet's cousin aggressive, violent, and quick to draw his sword when he feels his pride has been injured.

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Benvolio Montague

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tries to break up fight between servants. cousin of romeo

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Paris

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kinsman of the prince wants to marry juliet.
romeo kills him outside of juiliet's tomb

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Mercutio

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tybolt kills mercutio and romeo kills tybolt

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Friar John

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confined to a quarantined house.

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Ferdinand, King of Navarre

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scholarship over earthly pleasure

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Berowne, Longaville, Dumaine

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joined the King in his oath of scholarship. They fall in love with Rosaline, Maria, and Katherine,

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Rosaline, Maria, Katherine -

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Three ladies attending the Princess who catch the fancy of the King's lords

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King Richard II

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not matured much since his adolescence. Stately and poetic, he enjoys the trappings of kingship and has an extraordinary flair for poetic language. However, he is disconnected from his land and its people. He is overthrown by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, and eventually assassinated in the remote castle of Pomfret.

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Henry Bolingbroke Duke of Herford

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King Richard's cousin and the son of Richard's uncle, John of Gaunt. returns from his banishment abroad, sways the loyalties of both the English nobility and the common people to his side, and stages a revolution against Richard II. He is eventually crowned King Henry IV.

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John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster

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Richard's uncle and the father of Richard's banished cousin Bolingbroke, who eventually usurps the throne. Gaunt is very old when this play begins, and he dies in Act II, scene i, after his son's banishment--but not before delivering a withering curse on Richard.

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Edmund of Langley Duke of York

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Richard's uncle, and a brother of John of Gaunt and of the late Thomas of Gloucester. He is made Lord Governor of England by King Richard while he is away at war, but is eventually convinced by Bolingbroke to defect and join his rebel army. A traditionalist who is loyally devoted to the crown, he is deeply upset by any kind of treason against the crown.

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The Duke of Aumerle. Rutland

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son of Edmund, Duke of York, and thus a cousin to both King Richard II and Henry Bolingbroke. He remains loyal to Richard throughout the war and, after Richard's deposition, is involved in a failed scheme against the life of the newly crowned King Henry IV.

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Hotspur -

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The son and heir of the Earl of Northumberland and the nephew of the Earl of Worcester.helped bring King Henry IV to power but now feels that the king has forgotten his debt to them. In Shakespeare’s account, Hotspur is the same age as Prince Harry and becomes his archrival. Quick-tempered and impatient, Hotspur is obsessed with the idea of honor and glory

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Earl of Westmoreland -

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A nobleman and military leader who is a close companion and valuable ally of King Henry IV.

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Lord John of Lancaste

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The younger son of King Henry and the younger brother of Prince Harry.

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homas Percy, Earl of Worcester

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- Hotspur’s uncle. Shrewd and manipulative, Worcester is the mastermind behind the Percy rebellion.

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Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland -

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Hotspur’s father. Northumberland conspires and raises troops on the Percy side, but he claims that he is sick before the Battle of Shrewsbury and does not actually bring his troops into the fray.

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petrarch

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first writer of sonnets

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The Dukes of Exeter, Westmorland, Salisbury, and Warwick -

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Trusted advisors to King Henry and the leaders of his military. The Duke of Exeter, who is also Henry’s uncle, is entrusted with carrying important messages to the French king.

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The Dukes of Clarence, Bedford, and Gloucester Henry’s three younger brothers. -

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Henry's younger brothers

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The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely

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religious peeps

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Captain Fluellen, Captain MacMorris, and Captain Jamy

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The captains of King Henry’s troops from Wales, Ireland, and Scotland,

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Battle of Agincourt,

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5 to 1henry 5

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shylock

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moneylender

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portia

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Bassanio. three caskets. disguise of a young law clerk, who saves Antonio from Shylock’s knife.

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Bassanio

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guesses right. burrows money. antonio guarentor

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Gratiano

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Bassanio’s who accompanies him to Belmont. insults shylock. weds portia lady in waiting

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lorenzo

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helps jessica sceme away from fathers house

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126

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dark lady

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127

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young man

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quartos

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folios