vocab

• romeo

  impetuous -impulsive

  melancholic -often gloomy

  fickle-love switches quickly

  enraptured -lots of emotion and passion

  fatalistic
• juliet

  pragmatic -practical

  self sacrificial-gives up everything

  defiant -resists parents control
• mercutio

  mercurial -energetic

  provocative -teases

  cynical -mocks love
• tybalt

  vindictive -determined to avenge

  pugnacious -eager to argue

  impetuous -acts rashly
• friar lawrence

  well intentioned -wanted to end feud

  scheming -orchestrates a secret plan

  complicit-indirectly contributes to the tradegy

  meddlesome -tries to fix
• nurse

  bawdy -uses sexual innuendo

  maternal -cares for juliet

  pragmatic -changes her mind about romeo

  indiscreet -speaks without filter
• Lord capulet

  authoritarian

  volatile -switches from kind to furious

  tyrannical -threatens to disown
• lady capulet

  submissive -to lord Capulet

  conformist -follows gender expectations

  superficial -focuses on appearances
• Benvolio

  rational -thinks before he acts

  diplomatic -skillfully tries to manage conflicts

  conscientious -takes responsibility seriously