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Romeo and Juliet Summary
Romeo and Juliet Summary
ABOUT THE PLAY
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet is a play that was written by Shakespeare. This play is a tragic love story where the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are supposed to be enemies, but they fall in love. Due to the ongoing conflict between their families, they cannot live together, so they kill themselves as they cannot cope with being separated from each other. Romeo and Juliet is one of the Shakespearean tragedies.
"Romeo and Juliet" is the classic love story of a boy who meets a girl. The girl's family hates the boy's family. The boy's family hates the girl's family. The boy kills the girl's cousin. A boy and girl kill themselves.
UNDERSTANDING PLAY
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A centuries-old feud between two powerful families turns into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by infiltrating the Capulet party. Romeo Montague, a young suitor, immediately falls in love with Juliet Capulet, who is about to marry her father's choice, County Paris. With the help of Juliet's nurse, the women arrange for the couple to be married the next day, but Romeo's attempt to stop a street fight results in the death of Juliet's own cousin Tybalt, for which Romeo is banished.
In a very desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the friar's plot and fakes her own death. The particular message fails to reach Romeo, and he takes his own life in her tomb, believing Juliet to be dead. Juliet wakes up to find Romeo's corpse beside her, and she kills herself. The heartbroken families agree to end their feud at last.
DETAILED SUMMARY
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Act I
The play "Romeo and Juliet" begins as the chorus introduces the two feudal families of Verona: the Capulets and the Montagues. On a hot summer's day, the youths of each faction fight until the Prince of Verona intervenes and threatens to banish them. Soon after, the Capulet family's head plans a feast for all. His main goal is to introduce his daughter Juliet to a count named Paris who wants to marry Juliet.
Montague's son Romeo and his friends (Benvolio and Mercutio) hear about the party and resolve to go there in disguise. Romeo hopes to see his sweetheart, Rosaline, at the party. Instead, while being there, he happens to meet Juliet and immediately falls in love with her. Juliet's cousin Tybalt knows about the Montagues and even recognises the boys. He forces them to leave the party just as Romeo and Juliet discover one another.
Romeo stops by the Capulet house to talk to Juliet when she appears at her window. The pair express their love for each other and intend to marry the next day. With the help of Juliet's nurse, the lovers arrange to be married when Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence's cell for confession. There, they secretly get married (talk about a short engagement).
Act III
After the secret marriage, Juliet's cousin Tybalt sends a challenge to Romeo. Romeo refuses to fight, angering his friend Mercutio, who then fights Tybalt. Mercutio is accidentally killed there as Romeo intervenes to stop the fight. Enraged, Romeo pursues Tybalt, kills him, and is banished by the Prince.
Juliet is worried when Romeo is late to meet her and learns of the dispute, Tybalt's death, and Romeo's banishment. Friar Laurence helps to arrange for Romeo to spend the night with Juliet before he leaves for Mantua. Meanwhile, the Capulet family grieves over Tybalt's death, so Lord Capulet moves Juliet's wedding to Paris the next day. When Juliet does not want to marry Paris, Juliet's parents get angry, but they do not know about her secret marriage to Romeo.
Friar Laurence helps Juliet by providing her with a sleeping draft that will make her appear dead. The next day, when the wedding party arrives to greet Juliet, they all believe she is dead. The friar sends a messenger to warn Romeo of Juliet's fake plan and bids him to come to the Capulet family monument to rescue his sleeping wife.
Act V
The important message to Romeo does not reach him in time because the plague is in the city (so the messenger cannot leave Verona to deliver the message). Romeo hears about Juliet's death from his servant and becomes so sad. Later, he buys poison from an apothecary in Mantua. He returns to Verona and moves to the tomb, where he surprises and kills the grieving Paris. He drinks his poison and dies. Later, Juliet awakens from her drugged coma. When she learns what has happened to Friar Laurence, she refuses to leave the tomb and stabs herself. The friar returns along with the prince, the capulets, and Romeo's recently widowed father. The deaths of their children prompt the families to make peace, and they promise to erect a monument in memory of Romeo and Juliet.
PLOT SUMMARY
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A Timeline of the Major Events in the Plot of Romeo and Juliet
▪︎ Another feud ensues between two wealthy families, the Montagues and the Capulets, in the city of Verona. The prince and the townspeople cannot stand the constant fighting, so the prince announces that the next person to disturb the peace will be killed.
▪︎ Romeo Montague and his friends break into a Capulet party, and Romeo meets Juliet Capulet. He immediately falls in love with her. They are shocked to learn that they are arch-enemies due to their feuding families. Friar Laurence plays a helpful role in marrying Romeo and Juliet.
▪︎ Romeo goes to celebrate his wedding along with his friends, Mercutio and Benvolio. But he gets into a fight with Juliet's cousin, Tybalt. Later, Tybalt kills Mercutio, and Romeo avenges Mercutio's death by killing Tybalt.
▪︎ The Prince announces the banishment of Romeo because he killed Tybalt. Both Romeo and Juliet become heartbroken.
▪︎ Juliet's father, Capulet, decides that Juliet must marry Paris. Juliet refuses her father's proposal and moves to Friar Lawrence, where they both come up with a plan for Romeo and Juliet to be reunited.
▪︎ Juliet fakes her death and lies in the tomb, waiting for Romeo to arrive so that they can run away together. Romeo doesn't get the proper message about the plan, so he thinks Juliet is really dead. He goes to Verona and finds Juliet 'dead' in her grave.
▪︎ Being so sad, Romeo drinks poison so that he can be with Juliet at the time of her death. When Juliet wakes up, she finds that Romeo is dead. Juliet also kills herself with her dagger, being sad.
▪︎ The Capulet and Montague families resolve never to argue again.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story where two teenagers fall in love and commit suicide due to the ongoing feud between their families.
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