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__Nurse (Wants and Desires)__ Juliet's nurse is a key character in the play of Romeo and Juliet. I think that one of her main desire is to make her friends happy. She is always being light hearted and joking around. In 1:3 on page 642 she keeps joking around with the Capulets about a prank she did to Juliet when Juliet was a baby because she is devoted to them as her friends and they all find it funny. This shows how she works hard to be like family to them and make them happy. Also she wants to help Juliet get a good husband, so she thinks Paris would be wonderful for Juliet. This is shown on 1:3 pages 643 and 644 when she says how wonderful a man Paris is and that he is a man of wax, or in other words, a perfect man. This also shows how she is looking out for Juliet in finding the perfect husband that would make her happy. These two things go well to show how she is looking out for her friends like a family and desires to make them happy and live a nice life. - Josh Whitton

__Nurse (Personality Traits)__ The Nurse's initial appearance in the play reveals a lot about her personality. She is, of course, the nurse to the Capulet's, although it seems she is much closer to the family than a servant would normally be. It's apparent on page 641 that Nurse is very light-hearted, because of all the jokes she told. Despite the mother's disapproval, she continues on with her crude humor. The Nurse is also a helpful character, as displayed on page 641 as well, when the mother decides that her presence may be good for advice on the subject of marriage. She also helps to inform Juliet and Romeo of each other's identity on pages 652 and 653 during the party at the Capulet's house. - Steven Tu

__Benvolio (Want and Desires)__ There are many things that Benvolio wants in Act 1, one thing being peace between the Montagues and the Capulets. This is shown in 1:1, on page 631, when Benvolio tries to break up the fight between Gregory and Sampson, the Capulets, and Bathasar and Abram, the Montegues. He did not succeed, however, because Tybalt began to fight him, making the fight worsen. Benvolio also wants Romeo to not be depressed. He shows this by trying to get Romeo to stop thinking about Rosaline and find a new woman to love in 1:1, pages 636 and 637 as well as in 1:2 page 639. Since Romeo has been in the dark, Benvolio wants Romeo to move on in life so he will be himself again. When the party was mentioned, Benvolio thought that was a great place to have Romeo find a new woman. - Lauren Carman

__Father Capulet (Character Changes)__ In Act 1, father Capulet experiences some changes. In the first scene Capulet realizes that there is a fight and he wants to join along. As Capulet says in 1:1, on page 631, line 70, "What noise is this? Give me my long sword!" Then in scene five of that act he decides not to fight with Romeo, his enemy's son who attended his party without being invited, and leave him alone. On pages 650-651, tybalt and father Capulet have a lengthy discussion on what they should do with Romeo who tybalt is very angry at. Father Capulet, contradicting his earlier notion to battle with the Montagues, decides to let Romeo be and proceed with the party. As Capulet says in 1:5, page 650, line 63, "Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone," and as he also says on page 651, line 74 in response to an objection by Tybalt, "He shall be endured." Therefore Father Capulet has changed since the beginning of the play and he is the type of charater that is open-minded and does not base his opinions and actions on things he has previously done, thought, or said. -Agustin Baler

__Father Capulet (Wants and Desires)__ Father Capulet plays a big part in the story of Romeo and Juliet. One of father Capulet's biggest desires is to get rid of the Montague family. In 1:1 on pages 631 and 632 capulet wants his sword to go fight lord Montague. Another thing father Capulet wants is for his daughter Juliet to hold off marriage for another two years. This is shown on 1:2 page 638. -Galen Arbogast

__Benvolio (Personality Traits)__ Benvolio is a friendly-peace keeping person. Benvolio demonstrates how he is a very friendly person in 1: 1 on page 635 through 637 he finds Romeo in distress because he was "dumped" by a girl. Benvolio attempts to cheer him up and tells him that there are other women out there and then he convinces Romeo to go to a party to make him feel better. Benvolio shows how he is a peace keeping person in 1: 1 page 631 Benvolio tries to break up a fight with Gregory, Sampson, and Abram even though he gets sucked into the fight. This shows his good intentions. All of these actions and the way Benvolio behaves shows that he is a friendly peace-keeping person. -Tim Roehm