Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare

A Short Summary....

Greatest Tragedy ever written...Feuding families of Capulet and Montague in the city of Verona...Romeo is a Capulet and Juliet and a Montague...

Romeo is a young romantic of the courtly love tradition...

He is heartbroken at the beginning of the play...

- Romeo

Juliet- Young & Beautiful

•Wise beyond her years.•The object of Romeos affection.

Mercutio is his friend but is not involved in the feud...

•He is the one who takes Romeo to the party of his enemy where Romeo falls inlove.

The two enemies see each other

•It is love at first sight•The wheels of destiny are set into motion.

They do not know who they are to each other....

They meet for the first time...

We all know what happened then...

They Secretly Marry...

Tybalt – the hot headed agressor

•He kills Mercutio and then dies at Romeo’s hands.

•Loves to be violent and agressive.

Mercutio dies as a result of the feud...

- Mercutio (His most famous words)

Romeo then kills Tybalt...

He then must flee Verona...

For he is banished...

Romeo discovers an apparently dead love upon his return.

Destiny scribed confusion which inevitably leads to death

Juliet awakes and discovers a dying Romeo..

The tragic end to the worlds greatest love story...

Now remember... For your exam don’t be like...

And just imagine if they had cellphones...