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The Tragedy ofThe Tragedy of
Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
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The PrologueThe Prologue
Chorus.Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient trudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins if these two foesA pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows,Do with their death bury their parents rage,
Which, but their childrens end, naught couldremove,
Is now the two hours traffic of our stage;The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive tomend.
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So what does that mean?So what does that mean?
The Chorus is played by asingle actor, whose job is tobriefly summarize the plot ofthe play.The story is set in Verona,
Italy.The recent fighting thatbroke out between two
feuding noble families dooms
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So what does that mean?So what does that mean?
The unfolding of their death-marked love is the playssubject.
Its tragic climax is their untimelydeaths, which cause theirrespective families to resolve the
feud.
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ACT IACT I
Romeo and Juliet
Remember when we did the plotpyramids for Marigolds?The beginning of a story is called the____________.What does an exposition do?In Romeo and Juliet, Act I functions
as the exposition of the play.
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ACT I, SCENE IACT I, SCENE I
Romeo and Juliet
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Act I, Scene I SummaryAct I, Scene I Summary
On a street in Verona, twoservants of Lord Capulet start afight with two of Lord Montagues
servants.Benvolio, Romeos friend, enters
and stops the fight.
Then Tybalt, a relative of theCapulets enters and insultsBenvolio, and the fighting starts
again.
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Act I, Scene I SummaryAct I, Scene I Summary
The fighting is stopped by severalpeople, just as Lord and LadyCapulet and Lord and Lady
Montague enter.The two Lords exchange angry
words.
Prince Escalus, the Prince andleader of Verona, comes andwarns the Lords that if they fight
any more theyll be sentenced to
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Act I, Scene I SummaryAct I, Scene I Summary
Romeo enters thescene andconfesses to hisfriend Benvolio thathes upset because
he loves a youngwoman, Rosaline,whos sworn shellbecome a nun.
Benvolio tells
Romeo to forgetabout her, butRomeo says anyother woman willonly remind him ofRosaline, who he
loves so much.
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ACT I, SCENE IIACT I, SCENE II
Romeo and Juliet
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Act I, Scene II SummaryAct I, Scene II Summary
Paris asks LordCapulet forpermission toMarry Juliet, butCapulet hesitatesbecause he thinksJuliet is too youngfor marriage.
He says if Pariscan win Julietsheart, the two willhave his blessing.
So, he invitesParis to a feast.
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Act II, Scene II SummaryAct II, Scene II Summary
Romeo finds out Rosaline is onthe guest list to attend the feast,so he and his friends decide they
will sneak into the Capulets bigparty.
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Act I, Scene 3Act I, Scene 3
Now well watch the rest of Act Iin the 1968 film version of Romeoand Juliet, directed by a famous
Italian director named FrancoZeffirelli.Pay close attention to the party
scene, when Tybalt sees Romeo
and gets mad that hes there.Also, pay close attention to
the part when Romeo and
Juliet first meet.