Classes Of Characters (Romeo And Juliet )

Question 1

The nobility

Answer 1

• rich people whose wealth and position in society was inherited
• had political power and owned most of the land
• the nobles in the play include (the Prince, Count Paris and the Montague and Capulet families)

Question 2

The commoners

Answer 2

• people who had no inherited title or wealth
• most of them had little chance of improving their social status and could not read or write
• many worked as servants for a noble family
• Juliet’s nurse and the servants of the Montague and Capulet families would be known as commoners
• the servant characters are often used to provide humour and to comment on the things the other characters are doing

Question 3

Clergy

Answer 3

• in Elizabethan times the clergy was given a special roll in society
• represented the church
• were often in service of the nobility
• in the play the clergy is represented by friars
• friars belong to the church and are like priests, lived a simple life in service to the community
• people make confessions to the friars(follows the Catholic belief that if you confess your sins god will forgive you
• clergy in play is Friar Lawrence and Frair John

Question 4

3 classes of characters

Answer 4

The nobility
The commoners
Clergy