... rOmeO & juLiEt ..

* Two prestigious families in Verona, Italy -Capulets and the Montagues-fighting for quite some
time

* The Prince declares that their next public brawl will be punished by death

* Romeo fells in love with Rosaline, but she has chosen to live a life of chastity

*Romeo’s cousin Benvolio tries to cheer him of his melancholy

*Romeo and Benvolio are accidentally invited to their enemy’s party and Benvolio convinces
Romeo to go
* At the party, Romeo locks eyes with Juliet

* They instantly fall in love, but they do not realize that their families are mortal enemies

* Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s yard after the party and proclaims his love for her

* She returns his sentiments and the two decide to marry

* Romeo and Juliet are married by Friar Lawrence -an event witnessed by Juliet’s Nurse and
Romeo’s loyal servant,Balthasar

* Tybalt (Juliet's cousin) : starts a verbal quarrel with Romeo, which soon turns into a duel with
Mercutio

* Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo then killed Tybalt

* Once Romeo realizes the consequences of his actions, he hides at Friar Lawrence’s cell

* Romeo has been banished from Verona and will be killed if he stays

* The Friar suggests Romeo spend the night with Juliet, then leave for Mantua in the morning

* The Friar tells Romeo that he will attempt to settle the Capulet and Montague dispute so
Romeo can later return to a united family

* Juliet’s parents, completely unaware of her daughter's secret marriage to Romeo, informs
Juliet that she will marry Paris in a few days

* Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for advice, insisting she would rather die than marry Paris

* Fr. Lawrence gives Juliet a potion which will make her appear dead and tells her to take it the
night before the wedding and he promises to send word to Romeo - intending the two lovers be
reunited in the Capulet vault

* Juliet drinks the potion and everybody assumes that she is dead — including Balthasar, who
immediately tells Romeo

* Friar Lawrence’s letter fails to reach Romeo, so he assumes that his wife is dead

* He rushes to Juliet’s tomb and, in deep grief, drinks a vial of poison

* Moments later, Juliet wakes to find Romeo dead and kills herself due to grief

* Once the families discover what happened, they finally end their bitter feud

* Thus the youngsters' deaths bring the families together

* Romeo And Juliet is a true tragedy in the literary sense because the families gather sufficient
self-knowledge to correct their behaviour but not until it is too late to save the situation.