Lord and Lady Montague

• Romeo's parents - not seen a lot
• similar to Capulet - Lords = fight, Lady's = stop it
• Romeo's parents - not around - show how men have more freedom then women
• contrast how Juliet's parents are always around - shows how women are more restricted
• Lady's Montague's death - shows how Shakespeare wrote the plays around the access to actors - not a lot of actors in Elizabethan England (all men)