Tybalt tybalt tybalt is part of the family of the capulets he is a defining character in the book of romeo and juliet tybalt tends to proudly attack anyone who offends him due to the fact that he is one of the best swordsman in all of verona we see this during the capulet. Romeo and juliet characters 1 romeo o he serves as the plays male protagonist romeo the son of montague and his wife secretly loves and marries juliet a member of the rival house of capulet forced into exile by his slaying of juliets cousin tybalt in a duel romeo commits suicide upon hearing falsely of juliets death 2. Ppt identifies key reminders about romeos character outlines all the key scenes romeo appears in i got my students to create a poster presentation based on one of the acts and then their small group presented their poster of analysis for that act back to the rest of the class. They rhyme and create puns romeo and juliet play with language to escape the world they claim that they are not a part of their families the montagues and capulets they use words to try to transform day for a moment into night they hide their love even while secretly admitting it language in romeo and juliet serves two purposes