Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. See media help. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed.

  2. May 13, 2024 · Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. The appeal of the young hero and heroine is such that they have become, in the popular imagination, the representative of star-crossed lovers.

    • David Bevington
  3. Jul 31, 2015 · Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet—when Romeo and his friends attend a party at Juliet’s house in disguise—the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married. A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud.

  4. The feast begins. A melancholy Romeo follows Benvolio and their witty friend Mercutio to Capulet’s house. Once inside, Romeo sees Juliet from a distance and instantly falls in love with her; he forgets about Rosaline completely.

    • PROLOGUE. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
    • PROLOGUE. Enter Chorus. Chorus. Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die,
    • SCENE I. A public place. Enter MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, Page, and Servants. BENVOLIO. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,
    • SCENE I. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and PARIS. FRIAR LAURENCE. On Thursday, sir? the time is very short. PARIS. My father Capulet will have it so;
  5. People also ask

  6. Overview. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, penned in the early stages of his career and first performed around 1596, is a timeless tragedy that unfolds in the city of Verona. This play tells the story of two young lovers from feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets.

  7. Jun 6, 2023 · Introduction to the play. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.

  1. People also search for