Romeo And Juliet
...has been read in high schools, and has been played many of times. I don't believe that there is a person who has been through high school without hearing about Romeo and Juliet. In this paper, one should learn about the plot, characters, settings, themes, and symbolisms in this play.
The exposition is when a fight between the Capulets and Montagues break out. A Montague tries to stop the fighting, but he just gets himself involved when a Capulet, Tybalt, comes on the scene. After citizens try to stop the fight, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, tries to prevent any further conflicts between the families by saying that if any other fight breaks out that the only thing he will do is bring death to everyone involved. His words meant nothing to the families because the fights still went on afterward (Bloom 5).
The rising action is when Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet house. They greet each other and carry on a conversation. Neither one of them know they are talking to someone of their families rival. They soon fall in love that one night. Romeo goes to the garden and listens as Juliet confesses her love for him. Then, Romeo says he wants to get married. Soon later, they get married at the church (6).
The climax is when Juliet takes the poison to make herself seem dead for forty-eight hours. The plan was to fake death so she didn't have to marry Paris, and then later run off with Romeo, who had been exiled from Verona due to killing Tybalt. The plan went horribly wrong because the messenger that was supposed to tell Romeo of the fake death never got to him. So, Romeo thought Juliet was really dead and got some poison that would kill him. He took the poison that killed him, at the tomb where Juliet was fake dead, but first he had to kill Paris, who was guarding the tomb (Exploring 2).
The falling action was when Juliet woke up from...
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