Capulets
The Capulets are a fictional noble family in Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet*, locked in a blood feud with the Montagues.
Juliet is a Capulet; Romeo a Montague.
The name has become shorthand for one side of any bitter rivalry: The two departments were like the Capulets and Montagues.
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
- RomeoArdent male lover
- ParisFrance's chief city
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
Tybalt · Mercutio · Rosaline · balcony · masquerade · star-crossed · iambic pentameter · Globe Theatre
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- swordplayArt of fighting with blades
street brawl · honor · revenge · retaliation · hatred · bloodshed · dueling · Tybalt
Female name, phonetic J
- ParisFrance's chief city
- kinshipState of being related
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- householdDomestic unit of residents
Tybalt · patriarch · matriarch · heir · dynasty · bloodline · marriage · betrothal
Unavoidable grim fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
- deathCessation of life
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
tomb · poison · suicide · lamentation · sorrow · reconciliation · sacrifice · loss
Boot-shaped European nation
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- city-stateSelf-governing urban territory
- amphitheatreOval open-air venue
Montague
Tybalt · Mercutio · Rosaline · apothecary · balcony · masquerade · star-crossed · iambic pentameter · Globe Theatre · Elizabethan
Montague
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
swordplay · street brawl · honor · revenge · retaliation · hatred · bloodshed · dueling · Tybalt · Mercutio
Juliet
Female name, phonetic J
Tybalt · household · patriarch · matriarch · heir · dynasty · bloodline · marriage · betrothal · alliance
doom
Unavoidable grim fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
- deathCessation of life
grief · tomb · poison · suicide · lamentation · sorrow · reconciliation · sacrifice · loss · mourning
Italy
Boot-shaped European nation
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- city-stateSelf-governing urban territory
- VeronaVerona, Romeo and Juliet, balcony scene, Montagues, Roman amphitheatre
- DynastiesHabsburgs, Ming Dynasty, Bourbons, Tang Dynasty, Tudors