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also wrote sonnets and lyric poetry. He is one of the greatest writers of all time, and is very popular with readers around the world.

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Italy, during the fifteenth century. The Montagues and the Capulets are bitter enemies. They have hated each other for a long time and are fighting constantly.

H. One evening, Romeo Montague and his best friend Mercutio go to a party at the Capulet’s house. They wear masks because they don't want to be recognized. There, Romeo sees Juliet, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. He falls in love with her and learns that she is the daughter of the family's enemy.

E. Later that night, Romeo climbs the wall to Juliet’s balcony and tells her about his love. He learns that she loves him too. The following day Romeo and Juliet go to Friar Lawrence who agrees to marry them secretly. Friar Lawrence hopes to bring peace to the families.

and kills Romeos friend Mercutio. Romeo is so angry and so sad that Mercutio is dead that he kills Tybalt Capulet. The Prince of Verona exiles Romeo from Verona and says that if Romeo returns ‘that hour is his last’.

D. Juliet is sad to hear that her cousin Tybalt is dead, killed by her beloved Romeo. She has another problem, too. Her parents want her to marry Paris, a man she dislikes she goes to Friar Lawrence for advice. Friar Lawrence gives her a special kind of poison. ‘Drink it”, he says. “And you’ll look as if you were dead for twenty-four hours. When they leave your body in the chapel, Romeo can come back and you can run away together. I’ll send Romeo a message and tell him about our plan.

arms. When the Capulets and the Montagues realize what has happened, they agree to end the years of fighting and promise to live in peace.

F. When Juliet wakes up, she finds Romeo’s dead body lying next to her. She takes his dagger and kills herself.

C. But Romeo never gets the Friar Lawrence message. When he hears that Juliet is dead, he believes it. He can’t live without her so he buys some poison and drinks it in the chapel. He dies next to Juliet’s body.