Romeo and Juliet is
an enduring tragic love story written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare
borrowed his plot from an original Italian tale. It is believed Romeo and Juliette were based
on actual characters from Verona. The
story of characters are Romeo, Juliet, Lady Montugue, Benvolio,
Mercutio,Balthasar,Prince, Lady Capulet, Tybalt,Nurse,Peter.
The play opens with
servants from both houses engaged in a street brawl that eventually draws in
the family patriarchs and the city officials, including Prince Escalus. The
Prince ends the conflict by issuing a decree that prohibits any further
fighting at the risk of great punishment. Romeo laments his unrequited love for
a woman named Rosaline. Peter, who is trying to read a list of invites to a
masked party at the Capulet house that evening. Peter read the list and decides
to attend the party because Rosaline will be there. He plans to wear a mask so
that he will nobody will recognize him as a Montague. However, Juliet's cousin
Tybalt recognizes Romeo and wants to kill him on the spot. Afterwards, Juliet's
Nurse tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet, which upsets the smitten youngster.
Finally Romeo appears and tells Juliet
that he loves her. Juliet to meet Romeo at the chapel where Friar Laurence
lives and works. Juliet meets Romeo there, and the Friar marries them in
secret. Montague argues that Romeo has justly fought and killed Tybalt for the
murder of Mercutio. The Prince exiles
Romeo from Verona and declares that if Romeo returns, he will be executed. Romeo secretly spends the night in Juliet's
chamber, where they make love for the first and last time, consummating their
marriage.
The Friar promises
to send a messenger to inform Romeo of the plan, so that he can rejoin her when
she awakens. The Messenger failed to
reach Romeo and he learned of Juliet's
apparent demise from his servant. Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and goes
to the Capulet crypt. There, he
encounters Count Paris who has come to mourn Juliet privately.Believing Romeo
to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing battle, Romeo kills
Paris. Still believing Juliet to be
dead, Romeo drinks the poison.Juliet then awakens only to find her beloved
Romeo dead. Unwilling to live without
him, she stabs herself with his dagger.
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