Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet Four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a popular play that continues to capture the imagination and emotions of people around the world. The drama portrays the passionate, violent and often desperate lives of the youth of Verona.   The story is about two families who have been fighting for years, the Capulets Juliet’s family and the Montugues Romeo’s family.  The play opens with a fight scene between the servants of both families.  This fight is broken up when the Prince Escalus
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who is the ruler of Verona tells them if there is any more fighting between the families, the culprits will be put to death.  Romeo is not at the fight as he is at home depressed because he has been rejected by Rosaline whom he thinks he loves.  Romeo’s friends Mercutio and Benvolio try to cheer Romeo up by gate crashing a party that has been thrown by the Capulets.  When they arrive at the party Romeo spots Juliet and they fall in love at first sight not knowing who each other are.  Later that night they meet in secret ...

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