Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet

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• By, Miss Kirk

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Plot Overview(overview of what you are
discussing)

• In Verona there are two feuding families, the
  Capulets and the Montagues. There is a feast at
  the Capulets house where Romeo and Juliet meet
  and fall in love, unknowing the identity of one
  another. Later that night, the two meet and
  exchange vows of love. The following day the two
  are married by the Friar Lawrence. The next day,
  Juliets cousin, Tybalt, and Romeos best friend,
  Mercutio get in a fight and Mercutio is killed.
  Then in a rage, Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo then
  flees the city.

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Plot continued

• Juliet is then given to another man to marry by
  her parents. She comes up with a potion with
  friar that will make her appear dead but she will
  be able to escape. Romeos informed letter of
  the act never arrives and he receives news that
  is beloved is dead. He then makes his way to her
  apparently dead body and poisons himself. Juliet
  awakens and upon seeing her loved one dead, stabs
  herself. The two star-crossed lovers lie dead.
  Upon seeing their childrens bodies, Capulet and
  Montague agree to end their long-standing feud.

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Characters

• Capulets and Monatuges two powerful feuding
  families
• Romeo-son and heir of the Montagues
• Juliet- daughter of the Capulets
• Friar Lawrence- Friar, friend to both Romeo and
  Juliet
• Mercutio- a kinsman to the Prince, Romes close
  friend
• Nurse- Juliets nurse and companion
• Tybalt- A Capulet, Juliets cousin
• Paris- kinsman to the Prince, wants to marry
  Juliet
• The Chorus- single character who functions as a
  narrator throughout the play.

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Basics

• Full title The Most Excellent and Lamentable
  Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• Author William Shakespeare
• Type Tragic Drama
• Where/When Written in London in the mid-1590s
• Setting Verona and Mantua (Northern Italy)
• Themes love, violence, individual versus
  society, the inevitability of fate

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Famous Quotes

• It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. (Act II,
  Scene II).
• Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet
  Sorrow . ( Act II, Scene II).
• Whats in a name? That which we call a rose by
  any other name would smell as sweet . ( Act II,
  Scene II).

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Connection to Shakespeare(remember to show
connection)

• Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous plays
  written by William Shakespeare himself.

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Romeo and Juliet

• THE END!!
• THANK YOU!!!
• BROUGHT TO YOU BY MISS KIRK