Romeo and Juliet

Once upon a time, there lived in Verona two great families named Montague and Capulet. They were  both rich but the two families were sworn enemies.

One day, at Capulets’ ball, a young Montague named Romeo, unexpectedly came.  Although he wore a black mask over his eyes and nose, everyone could see him by his mouth and his hair that he was twelve times handsomer than anyone else in the room.

While wandering in the party Romeo bumped into a lady. He looked at his fair lady, as she moved in the dance in her white satin and pearls and all the world seemed vain and worthless to him compared with her. Romeo made his way to the fair lady, and told her in sweet words that he love her. Just then, Romeo found out that the lady on whom he had set his heart’s hopes was Juliet, the daughter of Lord Capulet, his sworn foe.

On the other hand

Juliet                :  Who is that gentleman that would not dance?

Nursemaid       : His name is Romeo, a Montague, the only son of your great enemy.

After the ball, romeo sneaked into the capulets’ courtyard and overheard Juliet on her balcony vowing her love to him in spite of her family’s hatred of the Montagues. Then Romeo made himself known to her and they agreed to be married. With the help of Friar Laurence, who hoped to reconcile the two families through their children’s union, they were secretly married the next day.

But on the same day, a dreadful thing happened. Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the Capulet ball , challenged him to a duel. Romeo, now considering Tybalt his kinsman, refused to fight. However, Romeo’s friend, Mercutio, was offended by Tybalt’s insolence and accepted the duel on Romeo’s behalf. Mercutio ended up fatally wounded after the fight. Grief-stricken and wracked with guilt Romeo confronted and slayed Tybalt.

Now juliet’s father, who had no idea that she was married, wished her to wed a gentleman named Paris. At the same day, Juliet hurried away to ask Friar Laurence what she should do.

Friar Laurence :  I will give you potion that will make you seem to be dead for two days. Then when they take you to church, it be will to bury you, and not to marry you. I will send a messenger to inform Romeo of the plan, but your family will put you in the vault thinking  you are dead. Before you wake up, Romeo and I will be there to take care of you. Will you do this, or are you afraid?

Juliet                :  I will do it, talk not to me of fear!

In the meantime, Lord Capulet was very much pleased to get his own way, and set about inviting his friend and getting the weeding feast ready. Early in the morning, the nursemaid came to Juliet’s room to dress her for her wedding. When the nursemaid discovered Juliet apparently dead, she cried out immediately.

the nursemaid  : Allas! Allas! Help! Help! My lady’s dead! Help!

Lady Capulet came running in, and then Lord Capulet, and Lord Paris, the bridegroom. Juliet looked cold, white, and fireless, and all their weeping could not wake her. It was a burying that day instead of a marrying.

Unfortunately, the messenger did not reach Romeo and instead he learned of Juliet’s apparent death from his servant, Balthasar.

Romeo             : Is it so? (cry) Then I will lie by Juliet’s side tonight

He bought himself a poison, and went straight back to Capulet crypt. There, he encountered Paris who had come to mourn Juliet privately. Believing Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronted him and, in the ensuing battle, Romeo killed Paris. Still believing Juliet to be dead, Romeo kneeled by Juliet and drank the poison. He died beside his sweetheart and wife.

 Not long after that, poor Juliet woke uot of her sleep to find her husband and her friend both dead beside her. She saw the cup that had held the poison, and knew how all had happened, and since no poison was left for her, she drew her Romeo’s dagger and thrust it through her heart—and so, falling with her head on her Romeo’s breast, she died