Romeo
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Romeo Montague ( ) 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.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Romeo Montague
- Character.series
- Romeo and Juliet
- Character.caption
- The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet as depicted by Ford Madox Brown (1869–70).
- Character.creator
- William Shakespeare
- Character.based_on
- Romeus, from The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562)
- Character.first_major
- Romeo and Juliet
- Character.spouse
- Juliet Capulet
- Character.nationality
- Italian
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Romeo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Venice
- Spouse
- Juliet
- Creator
- Luigi Da Porto
- Image
- Romeo by Bianchini.JPG
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- present in work
- Romeo and Juliet
- cause of death
- poison
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Romeo Montecchi
- name
- Ромео Монтекки
- Commons category
- Romeo (character)
- relative
- Benvolio
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Origins
- Film portrayals
- Other portrayals
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Romeo Montague ( ) 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.
When Romeo was forced into exile after slaying Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Friar Laurence gives Juliet a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead for 42 hours and sent a letter to Romeo, but it never reached him. Romeo dies by suicide upon hearing falsely of Juliet's death. Juliet later dies upon waking to find Romeo dead.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Romeo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.