: The plot

Rephrase the different events to make sure you understand them and put them in the right order: Events
a) b) c) d) Juliet wakes up and finds Romeos dead body. She stabs herself and dies. Romeo arranges the wedding with Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet are married by Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion, which will make her appear to be dead for fortytwo hours. The friar says that once she is laid in the family tomb, he will send word to Romeo to come and take her away to Mantua. At the party, Romeo meets Juliet, the Capulets thirteen year-old daughter. They dance together and fall in love, not knowing each other identity. Juliet sends her nurse to meet Romeo. She returns with the message that they will be married later that day by Friar Lawrence.

Reformulation
Romeo organizes his future wedding with Friar Lawrence Friar Lawrence celebrates the wedding of R & J FL advises her to take a potion that will feign death for 42 hours. When she is buried, he will send a messenger to tell Romeo about the scheme. During the party organised at the Capulets house R meets J and falls instantly in love with her. However, they dont know they belong to the rival families. Juliet wants her nurse to come and see Romeo to know more about their future plans. The nurse comes back and tells Juliet the Friar will celebrate their wedding the same day.

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Romeo buys poison and gallops back to Verona. He finds Juliet lying in her tomb as if dead. He cannot live without her. He drinks the poison and dies. h) Romeo and Juliet are married, and that same morning Romeos friend, Mercutio, fights with Juliets cousin Tybalt, and is killed by him. i) The message from Friar Lawrence is delayed. Romeo hears from another source that Juliet is dead. j) Two of the richest and most important families in Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, are engaged in a deadly feud. No one can remember how it started, but it involves everyone, from the servants to the most distant relatives. k) Because Tybalt has killed Mercutio, Romeo fights and kills Tybalt. Romeo is banished from Verona on pain of death. l) Romeo and Juliet meet secretly in the Capulets orchard after the party. Romeo proposes to Juliet. He says that he will make the arrangements for the wedding the next day. m) They both part at the party, then, they discover each others identity. n) In the meantime, Juliets parents have arranged for her to marry Count Paris, a relative of Prince Escales, the ruler of Verona. o) Juliets parents order her to prepare for her wedding to Paris in three day time. In despair she asks Friar Lawrence for help. p) One day, Romeo Montague finds out there is a masked ball that evening at the Capulets house. He decides to gatecrash the party in the hope of seeing the girl he loves from a distance Rosaline q) Juliet swallows the potion the Friar has given her. Her parents think she is dead and she is placed in the family tomb.

R and J are husband and wife, but the same day, after a brawl between Rs friend and Js cousin, Tybalt kills Mercutio.

The two wealthiest families in Verona are sworn enemies: we dont know how it started but everybody is involved in this rivalry. In order to avenge Mercutios death, Romeo murders Tybalt. Thus, the ruler of Verona banishes him / excludes him definitely from Verona. However, if he dares to come back he will be sentenced to death. R and J meet secretly in the orchard / td/ when the party is over. R asks J to become his wife and tells her he will organize everything. When R left the party, both discover they belong to the rival families. Juliets parents want her to marry Count Paris, who belongs to the family of the ruler of Verona. They want her to marry him three days after, but since she doesnt want to, she asks Friar Lawrence to help her find a solution. R. learns a party is organized at the Capulets house, but of course he is not invited since he is a Montague. However, he knows that Rosaline, the girl he is in love with will be present that day. Thats why he decides to go there but disguised since it is a masked ball She drinks the potion the Friar recommended her to take. Her parents believe she is gone and she is put in the family tomb.

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