Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

The story takes place in Italy.

These families live in Italy.

Montague Family Capulet Family

They don’t like each other.

This is Romeo Montague .

This is Juliet Capulet.

When Romeo and Juliet meet each other they fall in love.

They want to get married.

This will make their families angry.

Their friend, Friar Laurencemarries them in secret.

There is a lot of fighting going on in the city.

This is Mercutio, Romeo’s friend.

Mercutio fights Tybalt.Mercutio dies.

Romeo is so mad. He fights Tybalt.

Romeo kills Tybalt.

Romeo is punished for fighting.

He is sent away

This makes Juliet so sad.

Juliet’s father wants her to marry a man named Paris.

Juliet does not like Paris.

Juliet pretends to be dead so she won’t have to marry Paris.

Romeo finds Juliet and thinks that she is really dead.

Romeo is so sad. He kills himself.

Juliet wakes up and finds that Romeo is dead.

She wants to be with Romeo so she kills herself.

Romeo and Juliet die.

This is the end to a very sad story.