1. Romeo and Juliet
By Nick Yun

2. Setting
This tragedy takes place in Verona. Two feuding families called the Montague’s and the Capulets had been fighting for an unknown cause.

3. CHARACTERS

4. Montague Romeo- tragic hero Benvolio - Romeo’s cousin
Mercutio - Romeo’s close friend
Abram - Montague’s servant
Balthazar - Romeo’s servant
Montague - Romeo’s father
Lady Montague - Romeo’s mother

5. Capulet Juliet - Romeo’s love and wife
Sampson and Gregory - servants of the Capulet family
Juliet’s violent cousin
Capulet - father of Juliet
Lady Capulet - mother of Juliet

6. Other Friar Lawrence - friend of both Romeo and Juliet
Prince Escalus - prince of Verona
Paris - kinsman of the prince who is supposed to be wedded to Juliet
Nurse - close servant who takes care of Juliet

7. Synopsis

8. Act I
Romeo from the Montague family, and Juliet from the Capulet family, meet at the Capulet’s Party. They fall in love yet to realize that they are each enemies of the other's family. However, their love is stronger than their loyalty to their families.

9. Act II
Afterwards, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet’s mansion and Romeo and Juliet declare their love to each other. They decide to marry and when Romeo sneaks into her room again, they are secretly married.

10. Act III
The next day, The Montagues meet Tybalt. Tybalt being the relatively violent Capulet fights and kills Mercutio. Then out of rage, Romeo kills Tybalt and is banned from Verona.

11. Act IV
Soon after, Juliet finds out she is to marry Paris. After failing to convince her father otherwise, she hatched a plan. She drank a poison that took away all signs of life for a certain time. Everyone thought she was dead, so she obviously did not have to marry Paris and instead a funeral took place.

12. Act V
Romeo, unaware that Juliet really wasn’t dead, heard the news, and drank real poison. Once Juliet had awoken, she saw Romeo dead, and stabs herself.

13. THE END
The story ends with the two families resolving their feud.

14. Sources
"Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at Absolute Shakespeare." Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays Aug <
"Romeo and Juliet: List of Scenes ." The Complete Works of William Shakespeare . 25 Aug <