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Romeo And Juliet Summary Act 1
Romeo and Juliet

Act I Scene I This scene takes place in Verona, Italy, on a public street. Gregory and Sampson, who are part of the Montague household, are looking for some trouble. Abram and Baltizar, part of the Capulet household are there also. Due to fact that the Capulet's and Montague's are enemies, they start fighting. The prince comes out and interrupts the fight. He warns them if they keep fighting they will be persecuted. Romeo, the son of Montague, cannot be found. Montague ask Benvolio what is wrong with Romeo. Benvolio tells him Romeo is in love; but the woman (Rosaline) he loves does not love him nor has a desire to get married, which is making him depressed. Benvolio advises Romeo to forget about Rosaline and check out other girls.
Act I Scene II It is a Sunday afternoon. In this scene Paris ask Capulet to if he could marry his daughter Juliet. Capulet doesn't think she is ready for marriage, so Capulet says he could date her. Capulet decides to have a feast and gives invitations to a servant to give to the guest, but the servant can't read. The servant stops Romeo and Benvolio if they could read the letters for him. In gratitude of them helping him he tells them they could go to the party. Benvolio convinces Romeo to go to the party to look for girls to cheer him up.
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Romeo does. Romeo kisses Juliet, takes the poison and dies beside her. Then Friar L arrives and finds the bodies of Romeo and Paris. Juliet wakes up sees the bodies and decides to stay in the tomb. After trying to get Juliet to leave, the Friar leaves. Hearing the night watchman coming, Juliet stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Romeo’s mom has already died because of his exile. Capulet realizes that the family feud has caused all these deaths and asks for Montague’s hand. Montague offers to make a gold statue in tribute to Juliet to resolve their

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