Romeo and Juliet
The Plot of Romeo and Juliet in 10!
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There are two families at war, Montague and Capulet, they are enemies. This is evident to the readers at the start of the play, as the servants fight amongst themselves. They are soon joined by Tybalt, nephew of Capulet. The Prince stops the fighting and announces anyone who breaks the peace in future will be banised from Verona.
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Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are the children of Lord Montague and Lord
Capulet respectively. They are not yet involved in the rivalry. Both are very young.
Romeo is someone who loves easily and at the start of the play is suffering from unrequited loved for a young lady called Rosaline. Juliet is expected to marry Paris, a young gentleman of Verona.
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Romeo is convinced by his cousin, Benvolio, to gatecrash the Capulet party. He goes along with his friend Mercutio and Benvolio. He sees Juliet, she returns his glance and without knowing who each other are, they fall in love.
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Romeo leaves the party quickly, as Tybalt spies him and looks on angrily. Juliet finds out who Romeo is, and is horrified he is the son of the Capulet’s great enemies. but they can not be kept apart. He sneaks to her balcony that night and declares his love. She returns the declaration and they agree to marry the following day.
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The nurse meets Romeo the following day, and carries the message back to Juliet that their marriage has been arranged. Friar Laurence marries the pair in secret .
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Benvolio and Mercutio are in Verona. Benvolio fears that something is wrong, he remar ks that there is “mad blood stirring”. Tybalt arrives searching for Romeo, ready for a fight. When Romeo arrives Tybalt baits him for a fight. Romeo desperately tries to walk away and therefore Mercutio is drawn into the fight. He is killed by Tybalt. A furious Romeo responds by killing Tybalt. He is banished from
Verona.
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Juliet is left in Verona, devastated that she can not see her Romeo. Her father arrives with the news that she must marry Paris in three days. Juliet knows this is impossible; she is already married to her love Romeo. However, she can not reveal this to her father. He is furious with her attempts to resist marriage to Paris, and declares she must marry Paris the next morning.
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Juliet decides she will not marry Paris and would rather kill herself than go through with it. She finds the Friar, who gives her some potion that will make her appear dead to anyone who finds her. The night before she is due to marry Paris, she takes it. The next morning she is found and her family believe her to be dead.
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The friar has sent a letter to Romeo to inform him of the plan. However, this does not arrive before Balthasar, who tells him that Juliet is dead. Romeo is beside himself, resolving to visit her tomb and end his life. When he arrives, he finds Paris guarding the tomb. He kills Paris. When he discovers Juliet, he remarks how alive she looks. He then kills himself by drinking poison.

Romeo and Juliet
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The friar arrives, surprised and horrified by the blood in his church. Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead. The friar desperately tries to persuade her to leave as he hears voices. She refuses to leave the side of her dead love. The friar runs off.
Juliet kills herself with a dagger that lies nearby. The families arrive to find both children dead. The friar arrives and retells the whole sad story. The Prince arrives and makes his final speech. He remarks “all are punished”. He ends with the words
“Never was a tale of more woe/ that this of Juliet and her Romeo”.