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Romeo and Juliet, arguably Shakespeare's most famous play, begins with a Prologue explaining that the children of two feuding families, Romeo of the Montague family and Juliet of the Capulet family, will both love and die in the course of this play... Sampson and Gregory, servants to the Capulets and Abraham and Balthasar, servants to the Montagues, start a street fight, which is joined by Benvolio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet). Escalus, the Prince of Verona declares a death penalty for further feuding between the two families... Meanwhile Capulet (Juliet's father) is keen for Paris to marry his daughter and plans a party, Romeo and friends deciding to turn up uninvited... At the Capulet party, Romeo disguised by a mask, falls in love with Juliet, both quickly learning that they are the enemies of each other's family...
Ignoring the danger, Romeo scales the Capulet's wall to be near Juliet and hidden in her orchard, learns Juliet loves him, the two deciding to marry. Friar Laurence agrees to marry the two lovers since he hopes this will end the long running Montague / Capulet feud... The wedding is set for later that day. The Nurse brings Romeo ropes, allowing him to climb into his lover's bedchamber as her husband later that night... The two lovers marry... Benvolio and Mercutio (Montague) meet Tybalt (Capulet). Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo then killing Tybalt and becoming banished from Verona. Juliet learns of Tybalt's death, mourning her husband's banishment, her husband mourning that he will not be able to see his wife again... Capulet, unaware of the marriage, decides that his daughter should marry Paris on Thursday. The two lovers spend the night together. Juliet, learning that she is to marry Paris, tries to fight her father's wishes, failing. She decides to commit suicide if all else fails...
Friar Laurence tells Juliet to take a potion simulating death, allowing her to live with her husband unopposed in Mantua since everyone will think she is dead....