Romeo And Juliet 3
...real life stories with
the same story line keep popping up in the news years later. Couples are sacrificing their
lives for each other’s love. Others kill themselves for pointless reasons.
Shakespeare’s version of Romeo and Juliet starts with a Prologue which reveals
the plot of the story in the line “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of
star-crossed lovers take their life”. The prologue explains how two ill fated lovers die
because of a long bitter feud between their families. After the prologue the scene is set
on a street in Verona where members from the two families, the Montagues and the
Capulets, have a fight and are warned that the next fight will result in punishment by
death by Prince Escalus.
Romeo enters the story with his cousin Benvolio and they talk about Romeo
being in love with Rosaline. Mean while, at the Capulet home, Paris asks approval to
marry Juliet. The Capulets then arranged a party for Paris and Juliet to meet.
While on the street, Romeo and Benvolio are approached by a Capulet servant
who invites them to the Capulet party. Romeo agrees to go because he knows that
Rosaline will be there. Before Romeo goes to the party he has a dream that something
bad will happen if he goes; Benvolio tells him that dreams are meaningless and they
leave.
When Romeo and his friends arrive they are discovered by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin,
Who wants to kill them but is stopped by Juliet’s father. During the course of the party
Romeo and Juliet meet and instantly fall in love. Romeo no longer loves Rosaline and is
totally focused on Juliet.
At the end of the party Romeo hides in Juliet’s orchard and overhears her...
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