In this document, Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is summarized. It discusses the main characters Romeo and Juliet who fall in love despite being from feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets. Their love leads to marriage but many complications arise from the family feud, culminating in the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris. The summary outlines the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution of the classic story.
4. – character or force that
opposes the protagonist.
• The Montague’s
• The Capulet’s
• Tybalt
• Paris
5. – other
characters besides the protagonist and
antagonist.
• Juliet’s Nurse
• Mercutio
• Benvolio
• Friar Laurence
6. • event or situation that sets the
action and motion of the play
• clash between two opposing groups
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9. • Where and when the events of the play
happen.
• (referring to time and location)
10.
11. • words and actions of the
characters in the play that make
up the plot and dramatized idea of
the play
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13. • events that forms the entire play,
it is the structure that brings the
play together.
14. The information brought to the audience
explaining the drama’s plot, history,
setting, and theme.
15. It starts with a fight scene of the rival
families, showing how the two families
have been feuding for a long time
16. The events that build up tension in
the drama causing further conflicts.
17. The action starts to build up during the
balcony scene where Romeo and Juliet
confess their love for each other.
18. Both fallen deeply in love, they decide to get
married therefore planning out the wedding.
The rising action continues through the
marriage and the separation.
19. The highest point of anything
conceived of as growing or developing
or unfolding.
20. The climax happens when Juliet goes
with the plan to pretend to be dead,
but because Romeo does not know,
he then commits suicide.
21. The events of a drama after the
climax (or crisis) but before the
denouement (or resolution)
22. The action falls when
Juliet awakes, finding
her Romeo dead beside
her, causing her to
commit suicide after.
25. • · In “Romeo and Juliet,”
Shakespeare portrays two teenagers
– Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet
– who fall deeply in love, but with
family feuds, complications are
brought throughout the story.
26. Deeply in love they marry secretly and
make every effort to hide their
meetings but all ended when Romeo,
Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris all
die.