The Prince announces Romeo's banishment for Tybalt's murder. To avenge Mercutio's death, Romeo kills Tybalt and then flees. Romeo tries to part the other two as they fight, but Mercutio is fatally wounded under Romeo's arm. However, Mercutio, Romeo's quick-tempered friend, intervenes and accepts the challenge. Romeo refuses to fight when Tybalt confronts him because they're now related. Meanwhile, Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, sends Romeo a challenge to a duel. Though initially reluctant, he finally agrees, hoping to reconcile the families, and marries Romeo and Juliet that afternoon. Romeo asks Friar Laurence to perform the marriage ceremony. Juliet appears at her balcony, and the couple exchange vows of love, agreeing to marry the next day.ĭay 2 - Monday: Act II, Scene 3-Act III, Scene 4 On his way home from the feast, Romeo climbs into Capulet's orchard to glimpse Juliet again. Concealing their identities behind masks, Romeo and Benvolio go to the ball, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight, but at the end of the evening discover their identities as members of the opposed families. That night, Capulet holds a masked ball to encourage a courtship between his daughter, Juliet, and Paris, a relative of the Prince.

A brawl between the servants of the feuding households prompts the Prince to threaten both sides to keep the peace on pain of death.īenvolio advises his lovesick friend Romeo, (son of Montague), to abandon his unrequited love for Rosaline and seek another. Analysis of Setting in the Opening Scenes of Luhrmann's Film, Romeo + Julietĭay 1 - Sunday: Act I, Scene 1-Act II, Scene 2Īs the play begins, a long-standing feud between the Montague and Capulet families continues to disrupt the peace of Verona, a city in northern Italy.The Role of Comic Characters in a Tragedy.

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