The Friar tells Juliet he will send a messenger to inform Romeo and that after she is laid in the family crypt she can run Obtains a potion that will make her appear to be in a deathlike coma. Going again to the Friar Laurence for help, she Her pleas to her mother to delay the marriage fall upon deaf ears. Romeo hides in Juliet's chamber for the night where the consummate their marriage.Ĭapulet attempts to marry Juliet to Paris and is dismayed when she refuses.
Though Montague argues on his son's behalf, the Prince exiles Romeo from Verona under Romeo is wracked with guilt and grief and finally confronts and kills Tybalt. Romeo's friend Mercutio takes on the duel on Romeo'sīehalf and is mortally wounded. Tybalt, still enraged, seeks out Romeo and challenges him to a duel, but Romeo declines the fight, believing Tybalt should be his new kinsman. The Friar hopes their union may reconcile the two feuding families. As he makes his presence known to her, they imagine their futures togetherĪnd agree to be married the next day by the Friar Laurence. Juliet's father discourages the violence, not wanting blood spilt at his home.Īfter their initial meeting, Juliet secretly professes her love for Romeo who is listening at the bottom of her balcony. Tybalt finds out Romeo has been at the ball, he has murderous intentions. Instead he sees Juliet and falls in love with her instead. Despite the danger of sneaking into a Capulet ball, Romeo attends, hoping to woo Rosaline. Romeo feels heartbroken from his unreturned affection towards a Capulet On the Montague side of the family, young Romeo, Montague's son, is explaining his recent depression to cousin Benvolio. Juliet's mother and nurse try to convince Juliet that a match with Paris would be a good one. Two years for their betrothal, he invites him to attend a Capulet ball. Though her father asks Count Paris, a kinsman of Prince Escalus of Verona, to wait Of those two houses, and shows that the ill will and animosity of the families runs through the families from the primary members of the family down to their servants.Ĭapulet, the head of the house of Capulet, has begun receiving interested suitors for his young daughter Juliet. The beginning scuffle is between servants The play is set in Verona, Italy, and begins with a scuffle between members the rival families Montague and Capulet. Shakespeare borrowed from other famous tales writtenĮarlier in the sixteenth century but expanded upon the plot and characters to create his own version of the famous story. The foundation for many derivative romantic works and established the title characters as the best known of any young lovers in literature. The romance between Romeo and Juliet has become Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1591-1595, and it remains one of his most popular and frequently performed plays.
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