What is the full name of Romeo?

Romeo Montague (Italian: Romeo Montecchi) is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest named Friar Laurence.
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What is the full name of Juliet?

Juliet Capulet (Italian: Giulietta Capuleti) is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
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What were Romeo and Juliet's last names?

Romeo and Juliet Main Characters
  • Romeo. Romeo is the teenage son of the Montague family, who are busy feuding with the Capulets. ...
  • Juliet. Juliet Capulet, on the cusp of 14 years old, falls in love with Romeo, the son of her family's enemy. ...
  • Friar Laurence. ...
  • The Nurse. ...
  • Mercutio. ...
  • Tybalt.
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What is the family name of Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo is the only son of Lord and Lady Montague. He falls in love with Juliet. Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. She falls in love with Romeo.
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What is Romeo's age?

In Shakespeare's original story, Romeo is given the age of 16 years and Juliet is given the age of 13 years. The Montague and Capulet families originated in the Divine Comedy by the Italian author Dante Aligheri, rather than in Shakespeare.
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Who was Romeo's first girl?

Before Romeo meets Juliet, he loves Rosaline, Capulet's niece and Juliet's cousin.
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Who is Romeo's ex girlfriend?

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Shakespeare's timeless and tragic tale of "Romeo and Juliet" is getting a shakeup. Now, we hear it from the point of view of Romeo's jilted ex, Rosaline, the woman Romeo first claims to love before he falls for Juliet.
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What is Romeo's last name?

Romeo Montague (Italian: Romeo Montecchi) is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest named Friar Laurence.
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What is Montagues last name?

Montague (/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ MON-tə-ghew) is an English surname of Old French origin, a form of Montagu. Notable people with the surname include: Adrian Montague, British businessman. Alice Montague Warfield Rasin Allen (1869–1929), mother of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor.
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What is Montagues name?

Montague Origin and Meaning

The name Montague is boy's name of French origin meaning "pointy hill". The family name of Shakespeare's Romeo has an effete, monocled image.
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What are Juliet's last words?

Hoping she might die by the same poison, Juliet kisses his lips, but to no avail. Hearing the approaching watch, Juliet unsheathes Romeo's dagger and, saying, “O happy dagger, / This is thy sheath,” stabs herself (5.3. 171). She dies upon Romeo's body.
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Why does Romeo change his name?

Juliet wanted Romeo to have a different name because his name prevented the two of them from being together. Romeo's surname identified him as a member of the Montague family. The Montagues and the Capulets (i.e., Juliet's family) were constantly at odds with one another.
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What does Romeo say before he dies?

Without further ado, Romeo's last words: Eyes, look your last! A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide!
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What is Capulet name?

Lord Capulet: He is the patriarch of the House of Capulet and Juliet's father. Lady Capulet: She is the wife of Lord Capulet and Juliet's mother. Juliet Capulet: Juliet is the titular character of the tragedy and the female protagonist of the play.
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Who raised Juliet as a baby?

The Nurse Timeline and Summary. 1.3: The Nurse makes it clear that she, not Lady Capulet, is the one who has really raised Juliet, as well as the one who knows her best.
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How do we know Juliet is 13?

Because actors ostensibly need training and skill to navigate Shakespeare's words, most productions of Romeo and Juliet cast performers who are older than the characters as he wrote them: Juliet is 13 (“she hath not seen the change of fourteen years,” according to her father); Romeo's age is unspecified, but he's ...
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What is Gaston last name?

French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gasto derived from gast 'guest foreigner' earlier 'foreign warrior'. This surname is also found in England and Ireland where it is probably a Huguenot importation.
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What is Bruno last name?

From the German brun, meaning "dark" or "brown." It may also be a habitational surname for individuals who lived in or near a place named Bruno, such as the city of Bruno in Italy's Piedmont region. Bruno is the 11th most common surname in Italy.
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Who is Romeo's crush?

In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," a beauty named Rosaline is Romeo's first crush, whom he forgets about after meeting Juliet.
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What race was Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families.
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Why is Romeo called Romeo?

It arose from the Greek Ρωμαίος for a Roman citizen or a pilgrim to Rome. The popularity of the name is primarily due to Luigi da Porto naming his tragic hero Romeo Montecchi in his 1524 novel Giulietta e Romeo, 70 years later adapted by Shakespeare into the play Romeo and Juliet.
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Did Romeo sleep with Rosaline?

Romeo enters and Friar Lawrence intuits that Romeo has not slept the night before. The friar fears that Romeo may have slept in sin with Rosaline. Romeo assures him that did not happen, and describes his new love for Juliet, his intent to marry her, and his desire that the friar consent to marry them that very day.
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Did Romeo cheat on Rosaline?

Rosaline, the red-haired Capulet with a flair for rebellion enjoys her share of the forbidden romance, which soon comes to a halt when Romeo cheats on her with her younger cousin Juliet.
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Does Romeo sleep with Juliet?

They did sleep together after their mystery marriage. Usually made clear in act 3, scene 5, when they wake up in bed together at first light. Juliet inclinations Romeo to take off some time recently her relatives discover him and slaughter him.
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