Saturday
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In Act 1, Scene 1: There was a streetfight in Verona between the Capulets and the Montagues.
In Act 1, Scene 2: Paris asks Capulet for his daughter's hand. Capulet sends the servant to hand out invitations in Verona, but since the servant is illiterate, he asks Romeo and Benvolio to read to who he is supposed to bring the invitations. Due to this Romeo and Benvolio become aware of the party taking place a the Capulet's Mansion.
Act 1, Scene 3: Lady Capulet, the Nurse and Juliet talk about Juliet's age and when she is ready to marry since Paris wants to marry her soon.
Act 1, Scene 4: Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio decide to go and gate crash the party of the Capulet's.
Act 1, Scene 5: Romeo, who was heartbroken at first because his great love Rosaline did not love him back, sees Juliet at the party and instantly falls in love with her. He goes to talk to her and makes no secret of his love for her. He kisses her unknown of the fact that she is a Capulet. When the Nurse comes to get Juliet, she tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet. Romeo is shocked, but his love for Juliet is greater and he knows that she is the love of his life, despite the fact that she is the daughter from his greatest enemy.
Significance of the Act: It starts out with a fight, showing the severity of the rivalry. Shakespeare did this to immediately grab the viewers' attention by starting the plot in a fight. Then when we see Paris who asks to marry Juliet, we know that this will be a problem since Juliet will fall in love with someone from the Montague family. This forebodes the problems which are going to occur in the future. We then see how the Nurse is involved in Juliet's life, again this is important because the Nurse will play a vital part in the play later on. We have now been introduced to most of the main characters. By coming up with the idea to gate crash the Capulet's party, we see Mercutio's fearless side. At the party Romeo and Juliet meet, starting the conflict.
In Act 1, Scene 2: Paris asks Capulet for his daughter's hand. Capulet sends the servant to hand out invitations in Verona, but since the servant is illiterate, he asks Romeo and Benvolio to read to who he is supposed to bring the invitations. Due to this Romeo and Benvolio become aware of the party taking place a the Capulet's Mansion.
Act 1, Scene 3: Lady Capulet, the Nurse and Juliet talk about Juliet's age and when she is ready to marry since Paris wants to marry her soon.
Act 1, Scene 4: Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio decide to go and gate crash the party of the Capulet's.
Act 1, Scene 5: Romeo, who was heartbroken at first because his great love Rosaline did not love him back, sees Juliet at the party and instantly falls in love with her. He goes to talk to her and makes no secret of his love for her. He kisses her unknown of the fact that she is a Capulet. When the Nurse comes to get Juliet, she tells Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet. Romeo is shocked, but his love for Juliet is greater and he knows that she is the love of his life, despite the fact that she is the daughter from his greatest enemy.
Significance of the Act: It starts out with a fight, showing the severity of the rivalry. Shakespeare did this to immediately grab the viewers' attention by starting the plot in a fight. Then when we see Paris who asks to marry Juliet, we know that this will be a problem since Juliet will fall in love with someone from the Montague family. This forebodes the problems which are going to occur in the future. We then see how the Nurse is involved in Juliet's life, again this is important because the Nurse will play a vital part in the play later on. We have now been introduced to most of the main characters. By coming up with the idea to gate crash the Capulet's party, we see Mercutio's fearless side. At the party Romeo and Juliet meet, starting the conflict.
Sunday
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Act 2, Scene 1: Benvolio and Mercutio still believe that Romeo is in love with Rosaline and that he is extremely heart broken since he did not get any attention from her at the party. Behind his back Mercutio starts to tease Romeo about Rosaline in a sexual way.
Act 2, Scene 2: Romeo goes to Juliet's house in the middle of the night and they promise each other that they will marry the same day. Romeo promises Juliet that he will go talk to Friar Lawrence to ask if he will marry them.
Act 2, Scene 3: Romeo goes to talk to Friar Lawrence and asks him to marry Juliet and him. Friar Lawrence agrees, in hope for the fued between the two families to dissapear, he says that he will marry him the same day.
Act 2, Scene 4: Benvolio and Mercutio are joking about Romeo's love, who they still believe is Rosaline, they make sexual jokes and puns. The Nurse arrives with Peter to talk to Romeo about the details of the marriage. She agrees with the marriage and believes it is an exciting happening taking place.
Act 2, Scene 5: Juliet is impatiently waiting for the Nurse to arrive. When she finally does the Nurse explains that Juliet is getting married today by Friar Lawrence.
Act 2, Scene 6: Friar Lawrence and Romeo are patiently waiting for Juliet to arrive. When she does they kiss each other showing how much they love one other. They leave to get married.
Significance of the Act: In the first scene we see another side of Mercutio, his love for sexual puns. We also see that Mercutio and Benvolio don't know about Romeo's love for Juliet. This is important because it shows that it is a well kept secret. The next scene is probably one of the most important scenes of the whole play. In this scene Romeo and Juliet declare their love to each other, promising to marry immediately. Then Romeo goes to talk to Friar Lawrence, this is of signicifance because it displays the importance of Friar Lawrence in the marriage and how much Romeo trusts him. When the Nurse goes to talk to Romeo, she shows her curiosity and her excitement about Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage. She then goes to inform Juliet about the marriage, Juliet awaiting impatiently shows how much she is in love with Romeo. The Act ends with Romeo and Juliet leaving to be married. Just before they leave, Friar Lawrence forbodes trouble in their marriage.
Act 2, Scene 2: Romeo goes to Juliet's house in the middle of the night and they promise each other that they will marry the same day. Romeo promises Juliet that he will go talk to Friar Lawrence to ask if he will marry them.
Act 2, Scene 3: Romeo goes to talk to Friar Lawrence and asks him to marry Juliet and him. Friar Lawrence agrees, in hope for the fued between the two families to dissapear, he says that he will marry him the same day.
Act 2, Scene 4: Benvolio and Mercutio are joking about Romeo's love, who they still believe is Rosaline, they make sexual jokes and puns. The Nurse arrives with Peter to talk to Romeo about the details of the marriage. She agrees with the marriage and believes it is an exciting happening taking place.
Act 2, Scene 5: Juliet is impatiently waiting for the Nurse to arrive. When she finally does the Nurse explains that Juliet is getting married today by Friar Lawrence.
Act 2, Scene 6: Friar Lawrence and Romeo are patiently waiting for Juliet to arrive. When she does they kiss each other showing how much they love one other. They leave to get married.
Significance of the Act: In the first scene we see another side of Mercutio, his love for sexual puns. We also see that Mercutio and Benvolio don't know about Romeo's love for Juliet. This is important because it shows that it is a well kept secret. The next scene is probably one of the most important scenes of the whole play. In this scene Romeo and Juliet declare their love to each other, promising to marry immediately. Then Romeo goes to talk to Friar Lawrence, this is of signicifance because it displays the importance of Friar Lawrence in the marriage and how much Romeo trusts him. When the Nurse goes to talk to Romeo, she shows her curiosity and her excitement about Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage. She then goes to inform Juliet about the marriage, Juliet awaiting impatiently shows how much she is in love with Romeo. The Act ends with Romeo and Juliet leaving to be married. Just before they leave, Friar Lawrence forbodes trouble in their marriage.
Monday
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Act 3, Scene 1: Benvolio and Mercutio are roaming the streets of Verona and Mercutio is talking about how aggressive Benvolio is. They see Tybalt and his friend Petruchio. When Romeo enters the scene, Tybalt challenges him to fight and Romeo refuses. Mercutio can't stand this and he starts a fight with Tybalt. He gets injured and eventually dies. As revenge, Romeo kills Tybalt and flees. Still at the street, Lady Capulet discoveres the killing of her cousin and demands Romeo's death. As a punishment, Romeo is banished from Verona.
Act 3, Scene 2: Juliet is anxiously waiting for news from Romeo and the nurse informs her about the brutal events of the day. She misunderstands and thinks that Romeo has died, she wishes she had died alongside him. However, she soon discovers that not Romeo but Tybalt was killed. She fears that she has married a vile man but her love makes her blind and she soon forgets. Romeo's banishment devastates her but when the nurse promises to send him to her bad chamber that night, she is soon cheered up.
Act 3, Scene 3: Romeo flees to Friar Lawrence, who tells him his punishement is banishment from Verona. This is the same as death for Romeo, as Verona is his life as Juliet lives there. When the Nurse enters and tells Romeo about Juliet's sorrow about Romeo's banishment, he threathens to kill himself. His suicide attempt is however interrupted by the Nurse who snatches the knife away from him, before anything fatal would occur. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo to go to Mantua, a town in Italy, but promises him that he is allowed to go to Juliet's house that night.
Act 3, Scene 4: Juliet's father tells Paris that they will marry on Thursday, however, Paris can not see Juliet today, because her father believes that she is mourning the death of Tybalt.
Act 3, Scene 5: After spending the night with Juliet, Romeo leaves to Mantua. Juliet is informed about her coming marriage to Paris, she is upset and tells her father that she refuses to marry Paris. Her father does not accept her decision and is raged by the thought of it. He finds Juliet ungrateful. When the Nurse tells Juliet that she agrees with her parents regarding the marriage, Juliet is enraged and vows to never trust the Nurse again.
Significance of the Act: The first scene in this act is another one of the most important scenes. A lot happens in this scene. In the beginning Mercutio is telling Benvolio how aggressive Benvolio is, however, this is irony since Mercutio becomes the one who is aggressive as soon as Tybalt enters. This is also why the scene starts with Mercutio talking about Benvolio. In the second scene the Nurse, just like she did before in Act 2, Scene 5, with holds information from Juliet at first. She tells Juliet about Tybalt's death yet Juliet misunderstands. This is done by Shakespeare because it shows what Juliet would do if Romeo would die: "And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!" (Act 3, Scene 2, Line 60) Again Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence, confiding in him and trusting him, just like he did in the previous act. Friar Lawrence helps him and Romeo is allowed to go to Juliet that night. Before we see Romeo and Juliet together in Juliet's bedroom, we hear Lord Capulet tell Paris that the marriage is still on the coming Thursday. Then we see Romeo and Juliet together. Shakespeare did this, because then it clearly shows how much Juliet loves Romeo and how she does not want to marry Paris. This is yet another conflict occuring in the play. In the last scene of this Act, Juliet is enraged with the Nurse because she says that Juliet's marriage to Paris would be good. She vows to never trust the Nurse again. Shakespeare did this to show the severity of Juliet's unhappiness regarding her coming marraige to Paris, as she would ignore her 'mother' figure just because of the marriage.
Act 3, Scene 2: Juliet is anxiously waiting for news from Romeo and the nurse informs her about the brutal events of the day. She misunderstands and thinks that Romeo has died, she wishes she had died alongside him. However, she soon discovers that not Romeo but Tybalt was killed. She fears that she has married a vile man but her love makes her blind and she soon forgets. Romeo's banishment devastates her but when the nurse promises to send him to her bad chamber that night, she is soon cheered up.
Act 3, Scene 3: Romeo flees to Friar Lawrence, who tells him his punishement is banishment from Verona. This is the same as death for Romeo, as Verona is his life as Juliet lives there. When the Nurse enters and tells Romeo about Juliet's sorrow about Romeo's banishment, he threathens to kill himself. His suicide attempt is however interrupted by the Nurse who snatches the knife away from him, before anything fatal would occur. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo to go to Mantua, a town in Italy, but promises him that he is allowed to go to Juliet's house that night.
Act 3, Scene 4: Juliet's father tells Paris that they will marry on Thursday, however, Paris can not see Juliet today, because her father believes that she is mourning the death of Tybalt.
Act 3, Scene 5: After spending the night with Juliet, Romeo leaves to Mantua. Juliet is informed about her coming marriage to Paris, she is upset and tells her father that she refuses to marry Paris. Her father does not accept her decision and is raged by the thought of it. He finds Juliet ungrateful. When the Nurse tells Juliet that she agrees with her parents regarding the marriage, Juliet is enraged and vows to never trust the Nurse again.
Significance of the Act: The first scene in this act is another one of the most important scenes. A lot happens in this scene. In the beginning Mercutio is telling Benvolio how aggressive Benvolio is, however, this is irony since Mercutio becomes the one who is aggressive as soon as Tybalt enters. This is also why the scene starts with Mercutio talking about Benvolio. In the second scene the Nurse, just like she did before in Act 2, Scene 5, with holds information from Juliet at first. She tells Juliet about Tybalt's death yet Juliet misunderstands. This is done by Shakespeare because it shows what Juliet would do if Romeo would die: "And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!" (Act 3, Scene 2, Line 60) Again Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence, confiding in him and trusting him, just like he did in the previous act. Friar Lawrence helps him and Romeo is allowed to go to Juliet that night. Before we see Romeo and Juliet together in Juliet's bedroom, we hear Lord Capulet tell Paris that the marriage is still on the coming Thursday. Then we see Romeo and Juliet together. Shakespeare did this, because then it clearly shows how much Juliet loves Romeo and how she does not want to marry Paris. This is yet another conflict occuring in the play. In the last scene of this Act, Juliet is enraged with the Nurse because she says that Juliet's marriage to Paris would be good. She vows to never trust the Nurse again. Shakespeare did this to show the severity of Juliet's unhappiness regarding her coming marraige to Paris, as she would ignore her 'mother' figure just because of the marriage.
Tuesday
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Act 4, Scene 1: Juliet goes to talk to Friar Lawrence and sees Paris there. She talks in a double meaning way to Paris and when he leaves she confesses to Friar Lawrence that she will kill herself if she has to marry him. Friar Lawrence, not wanting this to happen, tells Juliet about a potion which makes you look like you are dead. He then tells her that Romeo will come and get her from the Capulet vault and when she wakes up to take her with to Mantua.
Act 4, Scene 2: Juliet apologises to her father and promises to obey him. Due to this revelation her father decides to make the wedding earlier and have it tomorrow. He goes on to make all the wedding arrangements.
Act 4, Scene 3: Juliet drinks the poison, yet before she does she is fearful what will happen to her. However, she is so desperate that she does not doubt her decision and she drinks it.
Act 4, Scene 4: This scene shows the wedding preparations taking place. At the end of the scene the Nurse goes to wake Juliet.
Act 4, Scene 5: The Nurse thinks that Juliet is dead and calls Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet. Together they grieve over her along with Paris. Lord Capulet is especially worried because now his daughter will not marry one of the most important men of Verona and so his families name will not rise in importance. The scene ends with everyone leaving to prepare for Juliet's funeral.
Significance of the Act: Juliet talks to Paris at Friar Lawrence's cell, she speaks in a double-meaning way, which Paris doesn't understand yet the audience does. Shakespeare did this to show confusion for Paris and to let the audience get caught up in the story since they know exactly what is going on. Juliet then apologises about her outburst, in the previous Act, to her father. This is significant because due to this, Lord Capulet decides to make the marriage earlier as Juliet has agreed to it. After hearing Friar Lawrence's plan, Juliet drinks the poison as she does not want to marry Paris at all. Friar Lawrence was picked by Shakespeare as the master of this plan because it shows his wiseness and since Romeo trusts him, he is the ideal character to create a plan like this. The audience is then shown how the wedding preparations take place just before the Nurse finds Juliet after she drank the poison. Shakespeare did the order of scenes this way because you first see the excitement of everyone taking place before the marriage and then you see Juliet who does not want this marriage to take place. Due to this she drank the poison. When everyone sees Juliet, they each react in a different way. This is done by Shakespeare to show the difference in how the characters care about Juliet. The Nurse and Lady Capulet are heartbroken, whilst Lord Capulet seems more worried about his money and wealth which will not increase now.
Act 4, Scene 2: Juliet apologises to her father and promises to obey him. Due to this revelation her father decides to make the wedding earlier and have it tomorrow. He goes on to make all the wedding arrangements.
Act 4, Scene 3: Juliet drinks the poison, yet before she does she is fearful what will happen to her. However, she is so desperate that she does not doubt her decision and she drinks it.
Act 4, Scene 4: This scene shows the wedding preparations taking place. At the end of the scene the Nurse goes to wake Juliet.
Act 4, Scene 5: The Nurse thinks that Juliet is dead and calls Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet. Together they grieve over her along with Paris. Lord Capulet is especially worried because now his daughter will not marry one of the most important men of Verona and so his families name will not rise in importance. The scene ends with everyone leaving to prepare for Juliet's funeral.
Significance of the Act: Juliet talks to Paris at Friar Lawrence's cell, she speaks in a double-meaning way, which Paris doesn't understand yet the audience does. Shakespeare did this to show confusion for Paris and to let the audience get caught up in the story since they know exactly what is going on. Juliet then apologises about her outburst, in the previous Act, to her father. This is significant because due to this, Lord Capulet decides to make the marriage earlier as Juliet has agreed to it. After hearing Friar Lawrence's plan, Juliet drinks the poison as she does not want to marry Paris at all. Friar Lawrence was picked by Shakespeare as the master of this plan because it shows his wiseness and since Romeo trusts him, he is the ideal character to create a plan like this. The audience is then shown how the wedding preparations take place just before the Nurse finds Juliet after she drank the poison. Shakespeare did the order of scenes this way because you first see the excitement of everyone taking place before the marriage and then you see Juliet who does not want this marriage to take place. Due to this she drank the poison. When everyone sees Juliet, they each react in a different way. This is done by Shakespeare to show the difference in how the characters care about Juliet. The Nurse and Lady Capulet are heartbroken, whilst Lord Capulet seems more worried about his money and wealth which will not increase now.
Wednesday
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Act 5, Scene 1: After Romeo wakes up from a dream where he dies, but getting revived by Juliet with kisses, he hears dreadful news from Balthasar that Juliet is dead and lying in the Capulet's tomb. Since Romeo has not heard anything from Friar Lawrence, he decides to take faith into his own hands and to go to Verona without hearing from Friar Lawrence. Before he goes he decides that he wants to die with Juliet in the tomb and goes to buy poison so he can kill himself.
Act 5, Scene 2: Friar John comes to tell Friar Lawrence that he couldn't deliver the letter from Friar Lawrence to Romeo. Because of this Friar Lawrence quickly leaves to be with Juliet when she wakes up because Romeo will not know what is going on.
Act 5, Scene 3: Paris goes to visit Juliet but he does not want to be seen. In order to be sure of this he takes his Page with to watch when someone is coming. Romeo arrives and forces open the tomb, Paris sees him and challenges Romeo to a fight. After attempting to arrest Romeo, Paris is killed in the battle. Romeo decides that he will now drink the poison, feeling guilty of what he did to Paris and sick with the sadness of seeing the love of his life dead. Before he does he asks Tybalt for forgiveness since he killed him and afterwards admires Juliet's beauty. He drinks the poison and instantly dies, falling down beside Juliet. Friar Lawrence enters the tomb soon after that, already informed by Romeo's servant, Balthasar that Romeo is inside. Juliet soon begins to awaken and is shocked with what she sees. Despite the begging from Friar Lawrence for her to go with, she stabs herself with Romeo's dagger. The Watch arrives and they arrest Friar Lawrence and Balthasar, as they believe that they killed Paris, Romeo and Juliet. When the Prince arrives he promises to investigate and asks Friar Lawrence to explain what happened. Friar Lawrence explains everything which has taken place the last few days, from the marriage of Romeo to his desperate plan to help Juliet escape the unwanted marriage to Paris. After being explained what has all happened the Prince tells the Capulet's and the Montague's to realize the result of their rivalry. This wakes both families up and they promise to end the life-long fight for the sake of their children. They will put up a golden statue to honor Romeo and Juliet . To end the play the Prince speaks words of punishment for some and words of excuse for others to show that Romeo and Juliet were not the ones causing this tragedy.
Significance of the Act: In Scene 1, the tragic ending begins. Romeo is not aware of Juliet's plan to pretend that she is dead, in order to get out of her marriage to Paris. Romeo does not want to live without Juliet and he plans his own suicide after hearing of Juliet's 'death'. This shows how strong his love is for Juliet because of how quickly he decides to take his own life when finding out that he will not be able to spend it with Juliet. In Scene 2, the problem of Romeo not knowing of Juliet's plan is shared with Friar Lawrence whom, in a hurry, directly leaves to tell Juliet. This is a very action packed scene, with a race against time for Friar Lawrence. This shows how Friar Lawrence is involved in Romeo and Juliet's lives and that he believes in their love and is willing to fight for it. Lastly, in Scene 3, the action moves even faster than in the past scenes. It is the ending scene and all the characters fates are unfolded. The last scene shows the conflict between the Montague's and the Capulet's resolved. However, the death of Romeo and Juliet makes the ending tragic none the less. The families have learnt their lesson and the city of Verona is finally at peace. The last scene shows the intensity of Romeo and Juliet's love and how far they were willing to fight for it. Although Verona is peaceful again, the Prince points out the horrible cost at which this had to happen. He considers Romeo and Juliet's death a punishment to the opposing families, partly blaming them for what happened.
Act 5, Scene 2: Friar John comes to tell Friar Lawrence that he couldn't deliver the letter from Friar Lawrence to Romeo. Because of this Friar Lawrence quickly leaves to be with Juliet when she wakes up because Romeo will not know what is going on.
Act 5, Scene 3: Paris goes to visit Juliet but he does not want to be seen. In order to be sure of this he takes his Page with to watch when someone is coming. Romeo arrives and forces open the tomb, Paris sees him and challenges Romeo to a fight. After attempting to arrest Romeo, Paris is killed in the battle. Romeo decides that he will now drink the poison, feeling guilty of what he did to Paris and sick with the sadness of seeing the love of his life dead. Before he does he asks Tybalt for forgiveness since he killed him and afterwards admires Juliet's beauty. He drinks the poison and instantly dies, falling down beside Juliet. Friar Lawrence enters the tomb soon after that, already informed by Romeo's servant, Balthasar that Romeo is inside. Juliet soon begins to awaken and is shocked with what she sees. Despite the begging from Friar Lawrence for her to go with, she stabs herself with Romeo's dagger. The Watch arrives and they arrest Friar Lawrence and Balthasar, as they believe that they killed Paris, Romeo and Juliet. When the Prince arrives he promises to investigate and asks Friar Lawrence to explain what happened. Friar Lawrence explains everything which has taken place the last few days, from the marriage of Romeo to his desperate plan to help Juliet escape the unwanted marriage to Paris. After being explained what has all happened the Prince tells the Capulet's and the Montague's to realize the result of their rivalry. This wakes both families up and they promise to end the life-long fight for the sake of their children. They will put up a golden statue to honor Romeo and Juliet . To end the play the Prince speaks words of punishment for some and words of excuse for others to show that Romeo and Juliet were not the ones causing this tragedy.
Significance of the Act: In Scene 1, the tragic ending begins. Romeo is not aware of Juliet's plan to pretend that she is dead, in order to get out of her marriage to Paris. Romeo does not want to live without Juliet and he plans his own suicide after hearing of Juliet's 'death'. This shows how strong his love is for Juliet because of how quickly he decides to take his own life when finding out that he will not be able to spend it with Juliet. In Scene 2, the problem of Romeo not knowing of Juliet's plan is shared with Friar Lawrence whom, in a hurry, directly leaves to tell Juliet. This is a very action packed scene, with a race against time for Friar Lawrence. This shows how Friar Lawrence is involved in Romeo and Juliet's lives and that he believes in their love and is willing to fight for it. Lastly, in Scene 3, the action moves even faster than in the past scenes. It is the ending scene and all the characters fates are unfolded. The last scene shows the conflict between the Montague's and the Capulet's resolved. However, the death of Romeo and Juliet makes the ending tragic none the less. The families have learnt their lesson and the city of Verona is finally at peace. The last scene shows the intensity of Romeo and Juliet's love and how far they were willing to fight for it. Although Verona is peaceful again, the Prince points out the horrible cost at which this had to happen. He considers Romeo and Juliet's death a punishment to the opposing families, partly blaming them for what happened.
