COMN 3251 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fornication, Characters In Romeo And Juliet

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 3251
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Isabella - the main character, isabella, is a very virtuous and chaste young woman who faces a difficult decision when her brother is sentenced to death for fornication (unlawful sex). Isabella does not approve of her brother"s actions at all, but she pleads for his life out of loyalty and sisterly devotion. Isabella is a spiritual person who starts off wanting to become a nun. The duke - the other central figure is the duke, who spends most of his time dressed as a friar in order to observe what is happening in his absence. The duke is unfailingly virtuous, good, and kind-hearted. He tends to rule a little softly, which is why he enlists. Claudio - isabella"s brother claudio is a young man sentenced to death for impregnating an unmarried woman. He was engaged to her by a common-law agreement, but they had sexual intercourse before the legal marriage took place.