Romeo & Juliet - Reference Guides
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Introduction warring feud between capulets and montagues: romeo and juliet meet and fall in love paris wants to marry. Development/rising action tybalt challenges romeo romeo and. Climax death of mercutio romeo slays tybalt pattern of death and revenge begins romeo is banished from verona. Denouement/falling action capulet hastens the marriage date: juliet takes sleeping potion she is found dead yet buried alive. Conclusion romeo hears of juliet"s death messenger is delayed: death of romeo, juliet, paris, and lady montague. Civil feud between the capulet household and the montague household. Suspicion of plague in verona delays the messenger. Act i, scenes 1-5; act ii, scenes 1-2. Act ii, scenes 3-6; act iii, scenes 1-4. Act iii, scene 5; act iv, scenes 1-3. Time: play occurs over a period of 5 days in mid-july; sunday to thursday. Tragedy: tragedy of fate; no tragic flaw and no moral weakness in the lovers, forces of hatred between the houses fuel the tragedy.