The Nurse promises to bring Romeo to Juliet that night. Juliet at first feels grief for the loss of her cousin Tybalt and verbally attacks Romeo, but then renounces these feelings and devotes herself to grief for Romeo’s banishment. The Nurse arrives with the news that Romeo has killed Tybalt and has been banished. Act 3, scene 2 Juliet longs for Romeo to come to her.Benvolio tries to persuade the Prince to excuse Romeo’s slaying of Tybalt however, the Capulets demand that Romeo pay with his life the Prince instead banishes Romeo from Verona. Romeo then avenges Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt in a duel. They duel and Mercutio is fatally wounded. When Romeo refuses, Mercutio answers Tybalt’s challenge. As soon as Romeo arrives, Tybalt tries to provoke him to fight. Act 3, scene 1 Mercutio and Benvolio encounter Tybalt on the street.After expressing their mutual love, they exit with the Friar to be married. Act 2, scene 6 Juliet meets Romeo at Friar Lawrence’s cell.Finally Juliet learns that if she wants to marry Romeo, she need only go to Friar Lawrence’s cell that afternoon. Her impatience grows when the Nurse, having returned, is slow to deliver Romeo’s message. Act 2, scene 5 Juliet waits impatiently for the Nurse to return.The Nurse finds Romeo, and he gives her a message for Juliet: meet me at Friar Lawrence’s cell this afternoon, and we will there be married. Romeo defeats Mercutio in a battle of wits. Act 2, scene 4 Mercutio and Benvolio meet the newly enthusiastic Romeo in the street.The Friar agrees to marry them, expressing the hope that the marriage may end the feud between their families. Act 2, scene 3 Determined to marry Juliet, Romeo hurries to Friar Lawrence.When he answers her, they acknowledge their love and their desire to be married. Act 2, scene 2 From Capulet’s garden Romeo overhears Juliet express her love for him.Meanwhile Benvolio and Mercutio look for him in vain. He scales a wall and enters Capulet’s garden. Act 2, scene 1 Romeo finds himself so in love with Juliet that he cannot leave her.Act 2, Chorus Again the Chorus’s speech is in the form of a sonnet.Not until they are separated do they discover that they belong to enemy houses. Overhearing Romeo ask about her, Tybalt recognizes his voice and is enraged at the intrusion.Romeo then meets Juliet, and they fall in love. Romeo, watching the dance, is caught by the beauty of Juliet. Act 1, scene 5 Capulet welcomes the disguised Romeo and his friends.Mercutio mocks him with a speech about a dream-giving queen of fairies. Act 1, scene 4 Romeo and Benvolio approach the Capulets’ party with their friend Mercutio and others, wearing the disguises customarily donned by “maskers.” Romeo is anxious because of an ominous dream.Juliet says that she has not even dreamed of marrying, but that she will consider Paris as a possible husband if her parents wish her to. Act 1, scene 3 Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris’s marriage proposal and praises him extravagantly.When they find out that Rosaline, on whom Romeo dotes, is invited to the party, they decide to go too. The servant cannot read the list and asks for help from Romeo and Benvolio. Capulet invites him to a party that night.Capulet gives a servant the guest list for the party and orders him off to issue invitations. Act 1, scene 2 In conversation with Capulet, Count Paris declares his wish to marry Juliet.A melancholy Romeo enters and is questioned by his cousin Benvolio, who learns that the cause of Romeo’s sadness is unrequited love. He threatens the Montagues and Capulets with death if they fight again. Act 1, scene 1 A street fight breaks out between the Montagues and the Capulets, which is broken up by the ruler of Verona, Prince Escalus.Their deaths appear finally to end the feud. Juliet wakes, sees his body, and commits suicide. The plan goes awry, and Romeo learns instead that she is dead. The friar will send Romeo word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead. He spends that night with Juliet and then leaves for Mantua.Juliet’s father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. When Romeo refuses to fight, Romeo’s friend Mercutio accepts the challenge and is killed. Romeo and his companions almost immediately encounter Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who challenges Romeo. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet-when Romeo and his friends attend a party at Juliet’s house in disguise-the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married.A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud. Entire Play The prologue of Romeo and Juliet calls the title characters “star-crossed lovers”-and the stars do seem to conspire against these young lovers.Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet.
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