Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

For many years, an on-going feud between two families has caused much disruption in the city of Verona, Italy The Capulets and the Montagues cannot seem to get along, and there have been many deaths among the two families because of it Prince Escalus of Verona warns the two families that if the feud does not[size="3">[color="]starts[/size][size="3">[color="]not[/size][size="3">[color="]not[/size] comply They exit and Juliet enters in the friar?s cell He gives her a potion that will make it appear as though she is dead She exits She reenters the stage (now at home) and agrees to marry Paris Her father is so delighted with her obedience that he decides to move the wedding up one day, to the very next day (Wednesday) All exit The next morning, Nurse enters and finds Juliet in her bed, apparently dead The Capulets all enter with Paris and decide to have a funeral All exit Romeo, who is in Mantua, enters His servant Balthasar enters and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead Balthasar exits Romeo doesn?t know that it is a fake death because he never gets the message from the friar He buys a vial of poison from an apothecary and returns to Verona

Romeo enters at the Capulet tomb and sees Juliet (apparently) dead Paris, who had entered previously, but had been hiding, recognizes Romeo as a Montague and challenges him Romeo kills him, drinks the poison he bought, and dies Just as Juliet wakes up from the potion the friar gave her, the friar enters the tomb He hears noises and tries to persuade Juliet to leave with him She refuses, sees Romeo dead next to her, stabs herself with Romeo?s sword, and dies The Capulets, Montagues, and the Prince of Verona all enter the tomb and wonder what went on Friar Laurence explains the story, and the Capulets and Montagues agree to end their family feud