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A short summary of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Romeo and Juliet.
Act 1, Scene 1. On a street in Verona, two servants from the house of Capulet, Sampson and Gregory, deliberately initiate a fight with two servants from the Montague house, Abram and Balthasar.
Act 1 Scene 1. The play opens with two servants from the house of Capulet talking about their hatred of the Montagues. They meet two servants from the house of Montague and a fight breaks out. Benvolio tries to stop the fight but when Tybalt arrives things get worse.
Act 1, Scene 1 Summary. The scene opens with Sampson and Gregory, two servants of the Capulets, making lewd comments about the Montagues, the arch rivals of the Capulet family. On seeing two servants of the Montague family, they provoke them with inappropriate gestures. Benvolio, a kinsman to Montague, intervenes in an attempt to stop the fight.
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