synopsis of Romeo and Juliet

1. Prepared by:
Group 4

2. • He was born and baptized on April 26,
1564 and died on April 23, 1616.
• He was born and brought up in Stratford-
upon-Avon.
• At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway
with whom he had three children: Susanna,
and twins Hamnet and Judith.

3. • He was an English poet and playwright,
widely known as the greatest writer in
the English language and world’s pre-
eminent dramatist.

4. There is a violent brawl on the streets of Veronna, arising
from long-simmering tension between two noble families,
the Montagues and the Capulets. Tired of seeing them
endanger, the populace, the Prince bans further
confrontation on pain of death.
The young heir of the Montague family, Romeo, cares
little for all this, as he is obsessed with his love for a girl
named Rosaline, who will have nothing to do with him.

5. His cousin Benvolio and friend Mercutio attempt to cheer
him up. Benvolio suggests that they all attend a feast at
the house of the Capulet, where Romeo can compare
Rosaline with other young woman, and discover there are
many other women to desire in the world.

6. At the Capulet’s home Juliet’s mother and nurse give her
the news that Paris, a young relative of the Prince of
Verona and eligible bachelor, has expressed interest in
marrying her. They tell Juliet she will have the chance to
meet Paris at the party tonight. Juliet does not seem
especially interested, but promises to give him a chance,
with the approval of her parents.

7. At the ball, Romeo and Juliet see each other for the first
time, and fell an instant attraction. Within one and two
minutes of meeting, they share their first kiss, and only
later find out who the other actually is. Juliet’s cousin,
Tybalt recognizes Romeo, but the Lord Capulet forbids
him form causing trouble and disrupting the party.

8. Later, Romeo sneaks back into the Capulet’s ground and
overhears Juliet, at her window, declaring her love for
him. Romeo jumps of his hiding spot and declares his
love for her as well. They decide to marry the next day.

9. Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by their friend and
adviser, Friar Lawrence. Juliet’s nurse is the only other
person who knows about the ceremony. Later that
afternoon, Romeo encounters Tybalt who tries to pick a
fight with him. When Romeo refuses to fight, this angers
Tybalt. Mercutio fights with Tybalt on Romeo’s behalf,
and is killed.

10. Enraged by this, Romeo slays Tybalt, the Prince then
banishes him to Mantua, and his says Romeo must never
return to Verona again. Knowing nothing of this, Juliet’s
prepares to receive Romeo in her room for their wedding
night.

11. Friar Lawrence suggests that Romeo should spend the
night with Juliet, and then scape to Mantua at dawn,
where he were arranged for Juliet to follow. They may
then start a new life together, away from Verona.

12. Seeing her extreme grief, Juliet’s father Capulet decides
to arrange her marriage to Paris as soon as possible, to
cheer her up. Now there is no time to make plans for
Juliet to leave to join Romeo before her wedding.

13. Force into this crisis by lack of time, Friar Lawrence gave
Juliet a potion to drink that will make her appear dead for
42 hours. He promises to send words to Romeo to come
and fetch her from the Capulet vault, where her family
will lay her, Juliet drinks the potion and, believed dead, is
placed in the Capulet’s vault.

14. But the Friar’s messenger fails to reach Romeo, who
hears only that Juliet is dead. He visits an Apothecary to
collect a poison so that he can return to Verona and die
beside Juliet’s body. Romeo goes by night to the tomb,
where he meets Paris, who is mourning for Juliet. They
fight and Paris is killed, Romeo breaks in the Capulet
vault and sees the apparently dead Juliet.

15. He drinks the poison and dies beside her. The friar,
hearing that his plan was miscarried, hastens to rescue
Juliet who wakes as he enters. He shows her what has
happened and that Romeo has killed himself.

16. Friar Lawrence of being discovered and so flees, after
trying to get Juliet to leave the tomb with him. Upon
seeing the Romeo dead, Juliet stabs herself with his
dagger and dies. The Prince arrives with the Montague
and Capulet’s families where they find Romeo and Juliet
dead.

17. The friar is caught and explained what has happened. The
families grief at realizing what calamity their generational
war at prejudice has caused, finally forces the Montague
and Capulet families to reconcile.

18. Montague’s Family:
Romeo - sole heir to the Montague fortune
Lord Montague- Romeo’s father
Lady Montague-Romeo’s mother
Benvolio - Romeo’s cousin
Balthasar- Romeo’s faithful servant
Abraham – Montague servant

19. Capulet’s Family:
Juliet- sole heir to the Capulet fortune
Lord Capulet – Juliet’s father
Lady Capulet – Juliet’s mother
Tybalt- Juliet’s cousin
The Nurse – Juliet’s faithful Nurse
Peter- Capulet servant
Sampson- Capulet servant
Gregory- Capulet servant

20. Other Characters:
Friar Lawrence- friend and advisor to Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio- Romeo’s best friend; Prince’s kinsman
Prince Escalus- Prince of Verona; kinsman to Mercutio
and Paris
Paris- Loves Juliet
Rosaline- Romeo’s first love who never actually appears
in the play
Friar John- Friar Lawrence’s friend
Apothecary- Romeo’s acquaintance in Mantua

21. The stage itself was divided into three levels:
• a main stage area with doors at the rear and a
curtained area at the back for “discovery scenes”
• an upper canopied area called “heaven, “ for balcony
scenes; and
• an area under the stage called “hell, “ which could be
accessed through a trap door in the stage.

22. There is no curtain in the front of the stage, which meant
that scenes had to flow into each other, and :dead bodies”
had to be dragged off. There are dressing rooms located
behind the stage.

23. Their movements, gestures, facial expressions and
tone of voice were of young people. In the
opening scenes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet, two servants from the house of Capulet are
walking in the streets of Verona. They are
suggesting different ways to insult their
Montague’s opponent and cause a fight.

24. Why is love an important theme of Romeo and
Juliet ?
Love is an important theme to Shakespeare's
tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
It is a central theme of the play, and underpins
much of drama around the place of characters.
Love is so powerful in Romeo and Juliet
because it seems to be a force of faith leading its
protagonist apparently towards inevitably death.

25. The music used in the play is dramatic especially
the death scene of Romeo and Juliet. It used the
classical genre of music.

26. The moral lesson of Romeo and Juliet is one of
letting old families go and not letting your
emotions rule your life. The Montague and
Capulet have let an old family rivalry take over
their lives. They refuse anything to with each
other.