Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Romeo thinks he's in love until he meets Juliet, the daughter of the Capulet's .with her, he discovers what true love really feels like. But their two families are bitter rivals, and no one must know about their secret passion. When Romeo kills Juliet's cousin in a duel, their hope of happiness seems ended.
Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous love story in the world. So much so that 'Romeo' is almost synonymous with the word 'lover'. The Montagues (Romeo) and the Capulets (Juliet) are two important families in Verona, who are engaged in a bitter feud. The story spans four days – beginning with Romeo and Juliet's first meeting and ending with their death. It tells of an intense all-consuming love and how that love is powerful enough to hope to exist beyond mortal life.
Important scenes in this novel are.
Paris discusses marrying Juliet with her father, Capulet, at the beginning of the play. Capulet says that she is too young and that he should wait another two years, but later he changes his mind and gives his consent.
Before meeting Juliet for the first time, Romeo has a promotion that something terrible is going to happen to him.
Merctio is Romeo's best friend. He loves to talk and, before the ball gives a wonderful speech about how dreams are caused by queen Mab the fairies midwife.
Capulet sends out a messenger with a list of people to invite their ball. The messenger cannot read and, by chance, asks two strangers he meets in the street whether they can read the names. The two strangers are Romeo and Benvolio and, when they discover that Romeos love, Rosaline, is invited, they decide to go to the ball. Everyone will be wearing a mask, so they think there will be no danger that Romeo will be recognized as a member of the family the Capulet's have a feud with.
Friar Laurence asks Friar John to deliver to Romeo a letter explaining Juliet's plan to take a strong sleeping potion. John visits a sick person on the way and, when the town officials decide this person has the plague, the stop the friar from leaving the house. This prevents him from getting the important message to Romeo.
Balthazar, Romeo's servant, sees Juliet's funeral. He doesn't know about the sleeping potion, and thinks that Juliet is really dead. He rushes off to Mantua to tell Romeo the dreadful news.
Paris is grief-stricken by Juliet's death and keeps a vigil outside her tomb. When Romeo arrives with an iron bar to break into the tomb, Paris thinks he is going to vandalize it and challenges him. They fight, and Paris is killed. When Romeo recognizes who it was, he realizes that Paris was only defending Juliet stomp out of love for her. He feels sorry for Paris, and lays the body inside the tomb.
After the death of Juliet and Romeo, the two families agree to end their feud. Montague says he will erect a statue of Juliet made of gold for the entire town to see. Capulet promises to do the same for Romeo.
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Bibhu AV
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