Character Crossword

2. Romeo's closest friend who doesn't understand Romeo's obsession with finding true love.
7. Juliet's closest friend.
9. begs to be a member of the Jets, but is constantly rejected because she is a girl.
12. Juliet's family name.
13. uses threats and intimidation to try and put the Sharks and the Jets in their place.
15. Maria's overprotective older brother.
18. hopes to end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.
19. helps Romeo and Juliet but fears that they don't know each other well enough to be in love.

1. doesn't believe in fighting but is roped into rejoining The Jets by his best friend.
3. goes to a party to try and distract himself from his heartbreak over Rosaline.
4. Juliet's pretentious cousin.
5. the thirteen-year-old daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet.
6. Romeo's family name.
8. can't be in a relationship with Romeo because she made a vow to the church.
10. Maria is set up with him by her older brother despite her lack of feelings for him.
11. an innocent young girl who has just moved to the U.S. from Puerto Rico.
13. engage to be married to Juliet.
14. tries to help Tony run away with Maria.
16. dies tragically from a stab wound in a fight against The Sharks.
17. tells a lie that leads to the tragic deaths of Tony, Bernardo, and Riff.