Could someone give me a very very very brief summary on Romeo & Juliet...please? ? ? ?

Question

A very very very very brief summary, like wht happend and stuff like that.....:():

Answer 1

Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet


The servants of the feuding Capulet and Montague families trade insults on the streets of Verona. The prince of Verona, having grown tired of their continual public brawls, decrees that the next member of either family to provoke a fight will be put to death.

Romeo Montague is infatuated with a girl named Rosaline, so, he and his friends decide to invite themselves to a ball where Rosaline is expected to be present. Unfortunately, the ball is hosted by their sworn enemy, Lord Capulet. In order not to provoke trouble, the young intruders go in disguise. However, all thoughts of Rosaline flee as Romeo falls instantly in love with Juliet, daughter of Capulet, and she with him. In only a moment's time, however, they discover each other's identity. Their love is forbidden.

As Romeo and his friends make their way home, they pass by the home of the Capulets, and Romeo, unable to restrain himself, climbs the garden wall just as Juliet appears on her balcony. They declare their love for one another, seal their love with a kiss and vow to meet the next day.

Romeo turns to his old friend Friar Lawrence and tells him of his intention to marry the daughter of his family's enemy. The friar agrees to marry the young couple as quickly as an opportunity provides itself. Meanwhile, Juliet sends her nurse to make the necessary arrangements, and that afternoon Romeo and Juliet are secretly married in Friar Laurence's cell.

Romeo soon finds himself in the middle of a fight between Mercutio (his cousin) and Tybalt (Juliet's cousin). He tries to be a peacemaker and put a stop to the fighting, but his interference succeeds only in getting Mercutio mortally wounded. Romeo, furious at the death of his friend and kinsman, challenges Tybalt and kills him. The situation is now desperate, and Romeo turns again to his friend, the friar, who informs him that the prince, having learned of his fight with Tybalt, has banished him to Mantua.

Juliet's nurse arranges for the newlyweds to spend Romeo's last night in Verona together in Juliet's bedroom. Unaware of her marriage to Romeo, Juliet's parents set about arranging her marriage to Paris, a noble kinsman.

The next morning, Romeo leaves for Mantua and a horrified Juliet, learning of the marriage plans, flees to Friar Lawrence, who offers a drug that will give her the appearance of death for two days. He assures her that he will get word to Romeo who will rescue her from the Capulet burial vault and take her to Mantua. She agrees to the plan and takes the potion before going to bed. Juliet's nurse finds her apparently dead the next morning.

Romeo, still in Mantua, hears of Juliet's reported death, but the messenger from Friar Lawrence never arrives to tell him the truth. Distraught with grief, he purchases poison and hurries back to Verona and the tomb. Here, Romeo is confronted by Paris, and, in the ensuing fight, kills him. In the vault, Romeo finds his apparently dead wife, drinks the poison, and dies by her side.

Friar Lawrence arrives just as Juliet awakes and tries to draw her away from the tomb, but flees when he hears voices approaching. Juliet attempts to join her dead husband by drinking the poison he brought but, finding the vial empty, kills herself with his dagger.

The feuding families arrive at the vault to find their children dead. They realize, too late, what their hatred has caused and vow to end the feud. The prince observes that because of their foolish hatred, “all are punished.”

Answer 2

Romeo was a member of the Montague family, and Juliet was a member of the Capulet family. There was a "feud" going on between the two families, but the first time Romeo saw Juliet they fell in love. Well, it didn't work out well. Romeo's friend Mercutio was killed by Tybalt, Juliet's older brother. So Romeo killed Tybalt for revenge. Later on, Juliet thought she would fake her death so she could run away with Romeo, who was now being pursued for killing Tybalt. Bad plan -- Romeo heard that Juliet had died and committed suicide, and when Juliet came back and found Romeo dead, she committed suicide. The end.

Answer 3

The durable relatives feud between 2 families will quickly come to an end. The son of the Montague relatives and the daughter of the Capulet relatives will take their existence s ending the conflict between the families. the affection between romeo and juliet is larger replaced into extra beneficial than their families hate and so replaced into their deaths. In appreciate of their families they saved their affair a secret. The tragity of their toddlers s death made the Montague s and the Capulet s comprehend their anger isn t incredibly honestly worth the death of their toddlers.

Answer 4

Two star-crossed lovers (um... Romeo and Juliet)
Their families are mortal enemies
They meet at the party
It's like, love at first sight
He goes to her house and gives the famous love speech (it is the east, and you Juliet are the sun)
They decide to get secretly married
There is some fighting at this time between the two families
They get married
Juliet pretends to be dead
Oops! Romeo didn't get the message.
He's so depressed that he kills himself.
About this time Juliet wakes up.
She gets depressed and kills herself.
So your two good guys are dead
And the family fued is finally over.

THE END

Answer 5

The Montague family (Romeo's family) and the Capulet family (Juliet's family) are fighting with each other. They are feuding families who hate each other.

At the beginning of the story, Romeo goes with his friends to a party (ball); and it is here that he sees Juliet and falls for her. When the party is over and everyone goes home, Romeo goes to Juliet's house and hides in the garden. When she comes out to her balcony, he listens as she talks about things. This is one of the more famous parts of the play, this is where we hear the poetry of how he feels about her. "What light, through yonder window breaks. It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." Means more or less she is the light of his life. Very romantic and such, moving on.

The two eventually talk at this point and fall in love and get together (secretly of course, since the two families hate each other). But life is never easy. Her cousin is in love with her (which isn't the same backwoods thing it is today, it is quite normal for the time period). Her cousin and his friends, and Romeo and his friends get into a fight over the situation. Romeo's friend is killed.

The two of them begin to realize at this time that they will never be allowed together; but they cannot accept this. So they go for help, from the friar (I don't remember his name). The friar comes up with a plan, but to keep them from spilling the beans to everyone else he keeps it a secret even from them. When he feels the moment is right, the friar gives Juliet a special medicine. This medicine makes her look like she is dead, but in reality she is just really comatose. Believing her to be dead, her family gives her a funeral and buries her.

Now what is supposed to happen is that the friar finds Romeo, explains the situation, and then when she wakes up they go away together. Since everyone believes her dead, no one is supposed to go looking for them. But Romeo finds her before he is told she is still alive. Unable to deal with the idea of living without her, he stabs himself and dies.

Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead for real. She also is unable to deal with the idea of living without him, so she takes the same dagger and kills herself. Again, very romantic dying for lack of love (and poor timing).

As a nice jab at those who do not forgive readily, Shakespeare has the two families find them and then they are told it is because they did not forgive each other for their feud that they lost their children. Nice little bit of irony at the end, for those of us who weren't taken in by the love we can be taken in by the justice.

Answer 6

Boy meets girl.
Boy and girl are smitten with each other.
Boy and girl each discover the other is from a family their family hates.
Boy and girl secretly elope.
Girl's parents, unaware of her marriage, arrange for her to marry someone else.
Girl's brother kills boy's relative a duel
Boy kills girl's relative in revenge.
Girl fakes death and sends letter to boy explaining.
Letter goes missing.
Boy rushes to girl's side, is overcome and kills himself in grief.
Girl revives, discovers boy dead and kills herself.
Parents admit they were stupid.

Answer 7

Young couple in love who commit suicide because of bad timing.

Answer 8

Two families hate each other.
A kid from each family falls in love w/ each other.
They kill themselves because their families hated each other.