Across
- 3. She dies of grief after Romeo is exiled from Verona.
- 4. A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. tries to convince Romeo to view love as a simple matter of sexual appetite.
- 5. Secretly marries the impassioned lovers in hopes that the union might eventually bring peace to Verona. An expert in the use of seemingly mystical potions and herbs.
- 8. A kinsman of the Prince, and the suitor of Juliet most preferred by Capulet.
- 11. The woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches.
- 12. A Capulet servant who invites guests to Capulet’s feast and escorts the Nurse to meet with Romeo. He is illiterate.
- 13. The patriarch of the Capulet family and father of Juliet.
- 14. The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague.A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive.
Down
- 1. The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet.A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl, Juliet begins the play as a naïve child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy.
- 2. Romeo’s father, the patriarch of the Montague clan and bitter enemy of Capulet.
- 6. The woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play.
- 7. Juliets Mother and a woman who herself married young.
- 9. Lord Montague’s nephew, Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend, he makes a genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public places.
- 10. A Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. He loathes Montagues.