When Mercutio dies the comedy of the play dies with him as he is the funniest in the play, after this the play becomes only a tragedy. The only time in the play when Mercutio is not funny is when he dies he shouts " A Plague on both your houses!". This is also the first time in the play when he is serious. This is the part of the play where Mercutio finally realises what the fighting between the families is doing. He is a very complex character that is mainly the reason why I would choose him. he represents independence, youth and freedom, to me he seems to be the main reason the play has been a hit. he brings all the comedy to the play.
THE NURSE!!
Secondly I would be the nurse because she has to look after Juliet, her and Juliet share all their secrets such as when Juliet is going to marry Romeo instead of Paris. If the nurse was not in the play there would be no secrets shared between Juliet and herself. The nurse keeps this a secret from the Capulets. She is a wet nurse, which means that she breast-feeds Juliet from when she was very very young. She is also the servant for the Capulet family.
Another thing I like is the way that she plays with Juliet's mind and teases her. You see this when the nurse brings the message from Romeo, you hear the nurse trying to change the subject and saying that her back is hurting, Juliet only wants to know about what Romeo has said. She also gets mocked by Benvolio when she goes into the town to speak with Romeo.
She never thinks before she speaks a bit like me, she believes that marriage does not have anything to do with love but marriage has everything to do with sex. Lady Capulet gets very uncomfortable when the nurse talks to her about sex.
She is a very untactful women which is very funny and interesting which would make me want to be her in the play.
She is very protective over Juliet you hear this when she says "But first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her in a fool's paradise as they say it were a very gloss kind of behaviour". This is when she is talking to Romeo. She is saying to Romeo, not to use Juliet or treat her badly.
She would often set up meetings between Romeo and Juliet which she should not have done, if the Capulet family found out they would feel that she had been disloyal and she would probably loose her job. She risks this just for Juliet to be happy. I think that the nurse is protective over Juliet because she is afraid of losing her like her deceased child Susan.
Her loyalty lies with Juliet but then when she hears the Caplets threats, she seems to change her mind, she when calls Romeo a dishcloth and she praises Paris, where as before she was always praising Romeo. I think the nurse wants Juliet to marry Romeo but is afraid of losing her job so she starts to agree with Lady Capulet.
She represents stability as she has been with the family for 10 years. She acts like a mother to Juliet.
ROMEO!
And last but not least it would be Romeo because his name is now associated with love or lover.
In the play Romeo really does seem to mean love as you see his life change as he falls in love with Juliet at the ball. Romeo is so madly in love with her that he kills him self when he thinks that she has died and that he will never see her again. The love he shows for Juliet obscures the real Romeo of the play, he is infact a lot more complex then you notice the first time of reading or watching the play.
You tend to forget that Romeo actually goes to the ball to find Rosaline the girl he originally loved. He was in love with Rosaline, he thought that he would never be with anyone else but her, he wanted to marry her and spend the rest of his life with her, but when he got to the ball Romeo could not find her but as he is looking he finds Juliet, he completely forgets about Rosaline and is now fully focused on getting Juliet. This would be fun to act.
After Romeo and Juliet first kiss she says " You kiss by th' book" this means that he kisses according to the rules, she is implying that his kissing lacks originality. Romeo seems to do everything by the book even loving. Romeo's love for Rosaline was no more than puppy love, the love he shows for Juliet is a lot different he truly loves Juliet.
His love for her changes throughout the play, he starts off by having a deep desire and as the play progresses it changes and he is then deeply in love with her. At the beginning of the play Romeo lacks one thing, he lacks love which he ends up with. This completes him and then he becomes more of an interesting character. These are all reasons why I would choose him.
You can tell he is deeply in love with her as he risks his life just to catch a glimpse of the one he loves. If Romeo had not killed Tybalt the play would have been so much different, i think it would have been very boring.
I think Romeo represents intelligence and most of all loyalty.