Juliet

Juliet Capulet (Italian: Giulietta Capuleti) is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. A 13-year-old girl, Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet. She falls in love with the male protagonist Romeo, a member of the House of Montague, with which the Capulets have a blood feud. The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself.

Juliet Capulet
Romeo and Juliet character
The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet as depicted by Frank Dicksee (1884)
First appearance
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • c.1591–95
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
Based onJuliet from The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1561)
In-universe information
Family
SpouseRomeo Montague
NationalityItalian
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