Act 1 + 2
Act 1 Scene 1-2
Scene 1
- Street fight between Montague (Abram and Balthasar) and Capulet (Sampson and Gregory) servants
- Benvolio wants to break it up but Tybalt escalates the situation, Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague show up, shortly after Prince Escalus ends the fight (threatens death if they fight again)
- Benvolio finds Romeo moping over rejection from Rosaline, Benvolio suggests he find someone else to love
Scene 2
- Paris asks Lord Capulet for permission to marry Juliet, Capulet says she's still too young (two weeks shy of 14)
- Capulet agrees to let Juliet see Paris and decide if she wants to date/marry him at the party he's hosting later that night
- Capulet sends Peter with a guest list for the party. Peter can't read and asks Romeo and Benvolio for help
- They see that Rosaline is attending and decide to go to help Romeo get over her but in disguise
- Benvolio suggests he and Mercutio retire to avoid conflict with the Capulets that are out
- Tybalt and Co. approach and ask about their relation to Romeo
- Romeo enters and says he loves Tybalt (his new cousin) to which Tybalt says he wants to fight
- Romeo says he cannot fight family and instead Mercutio challenges Tybalt
- Romeo tries to stop the fight but gets in the way and causes Mercutio to be stabbed by Tybalt
- Mercutio curses them both and Benvolio asks if he's okay
- Romeo blames himself but mainly Tybalt
- Benvolio returns with news of Mercutio's death
- Tybalt returns and is killed by the angry Romeo
Scene 1-2
Scene 1
- Paris is speaking to the Friar when Juliet shows up and Paris makes some "future wife" comments before leaving so Juliet can confess
- Juliet tells Laurence of her plans to kill herself to which he says that he'll help her fake her death to reunite with Romeo if she'll not kill herself
- Friar gives Juliet a sleeping potion and she leaves
Scene 2
- Capulet stays up getting ready for the wedding
- Juliet returns and pretends to have been convinced to marry Paris by the Friar
- Nurse and Juliet leave to make wedding preparations and Capulet tells Lady Capulet to go assist
Sonnets in Romeo and Juliet
Act One prologue (two households, both alike in dignity)
Act One meeting of Romeo and Juliet
Act Two chorus introduction
Act Five ending (abbreviated sonnet)
List Characters/family ties
Montague: Romeo, Lord Montague, Lady Montague, Benvolio (peacemaker/cousin of Romeo), Mercutio (best friend of Romeo), Abram (servant), Balthasar (servant)
Capulet: Juliet, Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, Tybalt (cousin to Juliet), Nurse (mother figure/caretaker to Juliet), Peter the Clown (servant of Capulets/cannot read), Gregory (servant), Sampson (servant)
Other: servants, Prince Escalus (ruler of Verona), Friar Laurence (priest/friend to Romeo and Juliet), Paris (wants to marry Juliet), Apothecary (provides Romeo with poison)
Scene 3-5
Scene 3
- Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris's proposal, Nurse gives a speech about how she has known Juliet since she was little
- Juliet agrees to give Paris a chance before servants inform Lady Capulet that the guests have arrived
Scene 4
- Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio arrive at Capulet manor in disguise for the party
- Mercutio tries to cheer Romeo up but ends up rantings about prostitutes, Queen Mab, (a fairy that appears to people in dreams) and drugs
- Romeo mentions feeling that something bad is going to happen
Scene 5
- Servants prepare for the party
- Capulet welcomes his guests and encourages dancing
- Romeo spots Juliet, Tybalt spots Romeo and wants to start a fight but Capulet stops him
- Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love
- Nurse pulls Juliet away, informs Romeo of her identity, and tells Juliet his identity
Scene 1 Pt.2
- Citizens come looking for Tybalt
- Prince Escalus enters to address the violence
- Lady Capulet is angry and blames Romeo for everything, Benvolio reveals what happened
- Montague is also present
- The Prince exiles Romeo and says they'll kill him if he does not leave
Scene 3-5
Scene 3
- Juliet sends her Nurse and mother away claiming to want sleep for the day ahead
- Juliet takes the sleeping potion after worrying that it will kill her, not work, or leave her awake with the ghosts of her relatives
Scene 4
- Lady Capulet and Nurse prepare wedding food
- Capulet orders servants around and tells Nurse to go wake Juliet because Paris has arrived
Scene 5
- Nurse cannot wake up Juliet and then realizes that she's "dead"
- Lady Capulet and Capulet enter and begin to mourn
- Paris and Friar learn of her death and Paris mourns, Friar says they should be glad heaven has gained her and bury her in the family tomb
- The musicians get ready to leave because the wedding isn't going to happen but Peter asks them to play a sad song to make him feel better
- Musicians say no and start insulting him
Shakespearean Sonnet:
Iambic Pentameter:
- Fourteen line poem written in Iambic Pentameter
- A five foot measure made up of two syllable groupings
Information from the prologue
- Verona, Italy
- Two feuding families
- Physical violence
- Feud ends with children's death
- Play takes two hours
Act 2 Chorus
- Says Romeo and Juliet have fallen in love
- Talks about how life makes it difficult for them to be together
- They cannot meet in public
Scene 2
- Juliet wishes to see Romeo again
- A frantic Nurse brings disorganized news of Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment
- Juliet originally turns against Romeo but then remembers her love for him and says she'd rather her parents have died than Romeo be banished
- Nurse is sent to find Romeo and give him Juliet's ring
Act 5 Scene 1
Scene 1
- Balthasar brings news of Juliet's death to the eagerly waiting Romeo
- Romeo says they'll leave at once and they set off for the Capulet family tomb as Romeo plans to kill himself to be with Juliet
- He stops by a poor Apothecary and convinces the man to give him poison after which he says that true poison is money which he gave the man
Monday morning
Kind of play
Tragedy
Act 2 Scene 1-3
- Romeo hides in Capulet's orchard to go see Juliet
- Benvolio and Mercutio drunkenly look for him but withdraw after he doesn't respond to their calling
Scene 2
- Romeo talks to himself about how beautiful Juliet is
- Juliet emerges onto the balcony and begins asking why Romeo has to be a Capulet (the enemy of her family) but then says that she doesn't care about his name because she loves him
- Romeo reveals himself and promises his love to Juliet who is slightly hesitant before convincing her to marry him
- Nurse calls for Juliet and so they say hesitant goodbyes before agreeing to meet again at nine the next day
Scene 3
- In his cell Friar Laurence talks about gathering from the earth before Romeo enters to speak to him
- The Friar asks if Romeo was with Rosaline to which Romeo tells him about his relationship with Juliet
- Laurence thinks it's too soon for him to marry Juliet but agrees to marry them with the hope that it will end the family feud
Scene 3
- Friar Laurence tells Romeo the Prince has banished him
- Romeo says death would be more merciful but the Friar tells him he's fortunate
- Friar says he should be grateful, he is not dead and neither is Juliet
- Nurse enters with ring from Juliet and tells Romeo to man up
- Friar says Romeo needs to lie low in Mantua until he can safely meet Juliet again
- Romeo leaves for Mantua
Scene 2-3
Scene 2
- Friar John tells Friar Laurence that his letter to Romeo was derailed due to John's quarantine
- Friar Laurence is greatly distressed and plans to rush to the tomb to be there when Juliet awakes
Scene 3
- Paris and his Page enter a church cemetery and the page is set to tell Paris if anyone approaches while he goes to see Juliet
- the page whistles at Romeo and Balthasar's approach, Romeo tells Balthasar to leave him alone or be killed
- Romeo and Paris meet by Juliet's tomb and fight, Romeo kills Paris and takes his body into the tomb
- Romeo takes the poison after giving a farewell speech and kissing Juliet
- Friar asks Balthasar where Romeo is
- Friar enters and takes in the blood and shortly after Paris's body and Romeo's death
- Juliet awakes and realizes Romeo is dead, the Friar tries to get her to go with him but flees when he hears a noise
- Juliet stabs herself before the watchmen enter
- Watchmen apprehend Friar and Balthasar for questioning
- Prince and Capulets show up to see what's going on and Montague enters with news of his wife's death
- Balthasar and the Friar tell what happened along with Paris's page
- Capulets and Lord Montague make amends and the Prince says how sad it is
Days with scenes
Act 1
Scene 1: Morning
Scene 2: Afternoon
Scene 3: Sunday Evening
Scene 4: Evening
Scene 5: Late Evening
Act 2
Scene 1: Evening
Scene 2: Late Evening
Scene 3: Monday Morning
Scene 4: Noon
Scene 5: Noon
Scene 6: One hour later
Act 3
Scene 1: Afternoon
Scene 2: Late Afternoon
Scene 3: Night
Scene 4: Tuesday Dawn
Scene 5: Dawn
Act 4
Scene 1: Morning
Scene 2: Noon
Scene 3: Night
Scene 4: Late Evening - Early Morning
Scene 5: Wednesday Morning
Act 5
Scene 1: Thursday Night
Scene 2: Night
Scene 3: Night
Juliet's Hesitation (taking the sleeping draught)
- It's poison that will kill her
- She'll wake up too soon and suffocate in the tomb
- She'll hallucinate and go crazy
- Romeo won't show up at all and she'll be trapped with her dead relatives
Scene 4-6
Scene 3
- In his cell Friar Laurence talks about gathering from the earth before Romeo enters to speak to him
- The Friar asks if Romeo was with Rosaline to which Romeo tells him about his relationship with Juliet
- Laurence thinks it's too soon for him to marry Juliet but agrees to marry them with the
Scene 4
- Mercutio and Benvolio look for Romeo to warn him of Tybalt's challenge to fight him
- Romeo meets them in a happy mood and jokes back and forth with Mercutio (calling each other things like a "good goose")
- Nurse and Peter come to speak to Romeo, and Nurse is insulted by a rude joke Mercutio makes
- Nurse asks when Romeo wants to meet Juliet after communicating her disapproval and leaves to carry the message
Scene 5
- Juliet wonders why her Nurse hasn't returned
- Nurse returns but asks for a minute to catch her breath, Juliet convinces her to share Romeo's message by giving her a back massage
- Nurse tells her to meet Romeo at Friar Laurence's cell while she covers for her with Lady Capulet
Scene 6
- Romeo and Friar await Juliet in his cell, Friar warns that this may end badly
- Juliet enters and her and Romeo beginning exchanging compliments
- Friar tells them to wait until marriage and they prepare for marriage
Scene 4-5
Scene 4 (Monday)
- Capulet says that with everything going on Paris hasn't had a chance to meet Juliet
- Paris says they should move things along and both Lord and Lady Capulet agree to let him marry her on Thursday
- Lady Capulet is sent to tell Juliet the news
Scene 5
- Romeo has to leave because it's morning but Juliet wishes he could stay but then Juliet tells him to go so he can be safe
- Nurse enters to tell Juliet of her mother's approach
- Romeo leaves and both say that the other looks ill
- Lady Capulet tells Juliet of her approaching marriage, Juliet is unhappy, and Lord Capulet enters
- Lord Capulet says she is ungrateful and will be disowned if she doesn't marry Paris and tells Nurse to back off
- Nurse says she should just marry Paris and Juliet loses her best friend, plans to see the Friar and kill herself if necessary
Friar's Speech
- Romeo you're being a baby
- Stand up, be a man
- The Prince is merciful
- Mantua is not that far
- Juliet is alive
- Tybalt is dead (your enemy)
- You might get to come back
- Juliet is waiting to say goodbye