Characters:

Romeo A member of the house of Montague. He falls in love with Juliet who is the daughter of his familys enemy, the house of Capulet. Romeo eventually takes his own life when he believes that Juliet is dead. However, her "death" was merely a ruse in order for her not to marry Paris and instead be with Romeo. Juliet A member of the house of Capulet. She falls in love with Romeo who is the son of her familys enemy, the house of Montague. She fakes her own death to be with Romeo, but Romeo never learns of the plan. She awakens to find Romeo dead beside her. She stabs herself with a knife and dies rather than live without Romeo. Mercutio Kin to the Prince of Verona and a friend to Romeo. Mercutio is killed by Tybalt when Romeo tries to stop the two from fighting. Count The young count and kin to the Prince. He wants to marry Juliet. Paris

Tybalt The nephew of Capulet and a cousin to Juliet. He is very headstrong and despises the Montagues. He kills Mercutio, and Tybalt is later killed by Romeo who avenges Mercutios death. Benvolio A friend to Romeo. He always tries to play the role of peacemaker by trying to stop the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets. He also tries to help Romeo while he is depressed over the loss of his former love, Rosaline.

Nurse Juliets friend and nursemaid. She raised Juliet, as was usually the custom in royal families of the time period. The nurse also helps Juliet and Romeo meet with each other. She always does what she thinks is best for Juliet. Friar Laurence Marries Romeo and Juliet with the hope that the marriage will stop the feuding between both of their houses. When Romeo kills Tybalt, he tries to help the two stay together by coming up with the plan for Juliet to fake her death. However, he does not get word to Romeo in time, and the two lovers end up committing suicide. Montague The leader of the house of Montague and Romeos father. Lady The wife of Montague. Montague

Capulet The leader of the house of Capulet and Juliets father. Lady The wife of Capulet. Balthasar Romeos servant. He tells Romeo that Juliet has died. Prince Escalus The Prince of Verona who tries to keep peace between the houses Montague and Capulet. He banishes Romeo from Verona for the death of Tybalt. Peter The nurses servant. Sampson and Gregory One of the servants to Capulet. They started a fight at the beginning of the play with Abram, a Montague. Abram One of the servants to Montague who gets into a fight with Sampson and Abram. Capulet

Conflicts:
- Romeo and Juliet face adversity from their families about the love that they feel from each other. Society tells them that they should hate each other because Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet, but their hearts tell them that they are meant to be together. - Juliet fights with herself about loving Romeo in the balcony scene. She asks herself why she must love her enemy and struggles with how to make the situation better. - Romeo and Juliet married secretly and then Juliet was forced by her parents to marry another man. - Juliet and Friar Lawrence planned a fake death so that she would not have to marry the man, by drinking a potion that would make her sleep for 48 hours. A letter was supposed to arrive to Romeo explaining but it didn't get there in time. When Romeo found out about Juliet's death he ran to her body and poisioned himself to death. Soon after Juliet woke up and found him dead so she too, killed herself.

Summary:
This story takes place in Verona, Italy where two families are fighting. The families are named the Montagues and Capulets and they have hated one another for a long time. At the beginning of the play the Prince of Verona warns both families that anyone caught fighting in the streets of Verona will be sentenced to death. One of the main characters is named Romeo Montague. Romeo is usually peaceful and interested more in love than in fighting. At the beginning of the play Romeo tells his cousin Benvolio and his friend Mercutio that he is sick with love for a girl who wont love him back. Benvolio and Mercutio encourage him to forget about her and go with them to a costume party a t the house of Capulet. They know it will be dangerous because they are Montagues, but they think it will be fun. Old Capulet has one daughter named Juliet. He is hoping Juliet will agree to marry Count Paris and is excited for them to spend time together at the party. Capulet wants his party to be a happy place for love to blossom. When his nephew, Tybalt, tells him that there are Montagues at the party, Capulet demands that Tybalt to leave them alone to enjoy the party. While Romeo is at the party he meets Juliet. He falls instantly in love with her and is sad to hear that she is the daughter of his familys enemy. Romeo decides to risk his life and sneaks to Juliets bedroom window to speak with her. While he watches and listens to Juliet, Romeo learns that she is in love with him too. They speak at the window and make plans to secretly get married even though their families are enemies. The next day Romeo and Juliet went to Friar Lawrence who agrees to marry them. Friar Lawrence hopes their marriage will help to bring peace to the families. On the way home from the wedding Tybalt, who is still angry that the Montagues came to the Capulet party, challenges Romeo to a duel in the street. Romeo refuses to fight him. Mercutio agrees to fight Tybalt instead. Romeo tries to stop the fight and accidentally gets in the way. Tybalt stabs Mercutio and Mercutio dies. Romeo is so angry and sad that Mercutio is dead that he agrees to fight Tybalt and then kills him. Benvolio begs Romeo to run away from Verona so that the Prince of Verona cant sentence him to death. Juliet is sad to hear of her cousins death, but she is even more sad to hear that her husband Romeo must leave Verona. She has another problem too. Her father is forcing her to marry Count Paris. She goes to Friar Lawrence for advice. Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion. The potion will make her fall in to a very deep sleep, but everyone will think she is dead. Friar Lawrence plans to send a message to Romeo so that he can come back to Verona and meet Juliet when she wakes up in her familys tomb. Then they can leave Verona and be together. Juliet follows her part of the plan, but something goes very wrong. Friar Lawrences message didn't make it to Romeo. Instead, Romeo hears that Juliet is dead. Romeo returns to Verona with a very strong poison. He goes to Juliet in the tomb, drinks the poison, and dies. When Juliet wakes

 up she finds Romeo laying next to her. She is so sad that she takes his dagger and kills herself. When the Montagues and the Capulets learn what happened with their children, they agree to end the years of fighting. The Prince of Verona hopes the story of Romeo and Juliet will help to keep Verona a peaceful place.

Theme:
True love conquers all. Romeo and Juliet did everything they can just to be together despite the feud between their families and other situations that keeps them apart.

Lesson:
- If you keep on hating one another then nothing good will happen to you. Make love not war! - Young people shouldn't rush things. We must not act hastily and think of it first. - Love conquers all. Despite the death of Romeo and juliet, their love brought peace not only to the two families but also to Verona.

If you were given the chance to change the end of the story, how would you end it?
If I am given the chance to change the ending of the story, the hate of the two families the Capulets and the Montagues will end because of the death of Romeo and Juliet which will bring peace to Verona. Then Friar Lawrence appears with an antidote and they would come back to life. Both families will hear the news, sees their children and respect their own decisions. They will not bother the young couples love for each other and will live happily ever after!

Reactions:
a. Site the most interesting part The most interesting part for me is the balcony scene where they declare their love. They don't care if one of them is a Capulet or a Montague, the important thing is their love for each other. b. The part that you disliked For me, I disliked the part where the letter didn't make it to Romeo, making him think that Juliet is dead. Friar Lawrence should have told Balthasar the plan so that it would not end like that. c. General rating and comments Shakespeare really knows how to get people's attention! No wonder it was one of the popular stories

then and til now. I am glad that I have watched it because it's really worth the watch. And even if it didn't have a happy ending, I still like it. Because the ending makes it unique and memorable to the audience. Love it! My rating: /5 :)

Movie Analysis:

Romeo and Juliet

Prepared by: Arrianne Zeanna R. Dimaapi

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