romeo and Paris / rosaline and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo mercutio tybalt Juliet
They don't use the term, but they do use the device. Mercutio is a foil to Romeo in 1,4 and Benvolio is a foil to Mercutio in 3,1.
Generally (but not always!) Shakespeare's characters who spoke in blank verse are the lower-status characters. Think of which characters are not as important, then compare that to some of their speech in Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and JUliet are the protagonists (a.k.a. main characters)
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Romeo and Juliet
romeo and Juliet
Romeo mercutio tybalt Juliet
Benvolio and Mercutio are the two comical characters in Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
Most of them also have the title "Romeo and Juliet".
They don't use the term, but they do use the device. Mercutio is a foil to Romeo in 1,4 and Benvolio is a foil to Mercutio in 3,1.
Abram and Balthasar are minor characters in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and are servants for the Montagues.
Romeo. The other one is Juliet, as if you didn't know.
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The main characters in Romeo and Juliet are Romeo and Juliet. Other important characters include the Nurse, Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Friar Lawrence, and Old Capulet and his wife Lady Capulet.