Ro meo a nd J ul i et

Theme
The forcefulness of love

Setting
The play is set in the thirteenth or
fourteenth century in Italy in Verona and
Mantua. Much of the action takes place in
Juliet’s house. Two cities if Venice are also
mentioned in the play.
Characters
Douglas Paul Giamatti as Friar Tom Wisdom as Count
Booth as Romeo Montague Lawrence Paris

Hailee Lesley Manville as Nurse Leon Vitali as Apothecary

Steinfeld as Juliet Capulet

Damian Lewis as Lord Christian Laura Morante as Lady

Capulet Cooke as Mercutio Montague

Kodi Smit- Stellan Nathalie Rapti

McPhee as Benvolio Monta Skarsgård as Prince Gomez as Rosaline Capulet
gue Escalus of Verona

Ed Westwick as Tybalt Natascha Tomas Arana as Lord

McElhone as Lady Capulet Montague
Plot
There’s a turnament of two rivals to gain a royal ring.

Romeo sees Juliet from a distance and instantly fell in love with her at Capulet’s
house.

They secretly got married.

Tybalt asked Romeo to duel but Romeo refused it. Romeo was replaced by
Mercutio and the duel ended with the death of both of them.

When Romeo was being banished, Juliet was forced to marry with Count Paris by
her parents.

Juliet was faking her death to avoid her second marriage with count paris.

Romeo and Juliet died but in the other side, the conflict between the two
families ended peacefully.
Sources
Romeo and Julia were originally tragic romances in
ancient times. Romeo and Julia’s story is based on
stories in Italy, which were turned into poems in the
tragical history of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke
in 1562, and retold in prose at William Painter’s Palace
of Pleasure in 1582. Shakespeare borrowed ideas from
both, but further develope supporting characters,
especially Mercutio and Paris to expand the storyline.
Written between 1591 and 1595, Rome and Julia were
first performed in 1597.
Style

 Romeo : Poetic form (Petrarchan

sonnet), Methapor
 Juliet : Monosyllabic words, formal
language
 Friar Lawrence : Sernon and Sententiae forms
 Nurse : Blank verse form (Colloquial
speech)
 Lady Capulet : Petrarchan sonnet
Outstanding Features of The Play
1) When Romeo and Juliet met for the very first time at the Capulet’s
party and they were dancing, Romeo felt something attractive with
Juliet which that Juliet felt the same way and then they are falling in
love at same time.
2) Juliet was forced by her father to marry Paris but she denied it and
came to Friar Lawrence for an advice. She had to drink a poison and she
would be dead and waited for Romeo to comes to her and gave her a true
love kiss
3) Juliet and the Friar have an elaborate plan to get her out of a second
marriage by faking her death and waited for Romeo kiss her. Part of this
plan is that Romeo will receive a letter saying she’s not dead; Romeo -
never having received the letter - thinks Juliet has died; Romeo buys
poison and goes to her tomb to commit suicide.
Rising Action
Romeo and Juliet fall in love but they can’t be
together because their families don’t like each other.
So, they decided to married in secret.
Climax
After crashing the Capulet party, Tybalt goes after the
Montague crew and kills Mercutio; To avenge his friend, Romeo
duels with and kills Tybalt - Juliet's cousin (Tybalt’s death);
Romeo is banished, but before he goes he gives Juliet a proper
wedding night with Friar Lawrence’s help in a church.
Falling Action
After they got married secretly, Juliet is happy.
Soon, Juliet’s parents forced her to marry Paris; She and
the Friar have an elaborate plan to get her out of a
second marriage by faking her death and waited for
Romeo kiss her. Part of this plan is that Romeo will
receive a letter saying she’s not dead; Romeo - never
having received the letter - thinks Juliet has died;
Romeo buys poison and goes to her tomb to commit
suicide.
Catastrophe

Romeo gives him the last kiss and kills himself by

drinking poison. Juliet wakes up, sees Romeo dead, and kills
herself. Their families learn from what happened and end
their hostility.
Describing character and characterization

ROMEO

Main character
The son and heir of Montague’s
Protagonist
Romantic
Wise
Describing character and characterization

JULIET

Main character
The daughter of Capulet and
Lady Capulet
Protagonist
Innocent
Humble
Cheerful
Describing character and characterization

LORD CAPULET

The patriarch of the Capulet family,

father of Juliet, husband of Lady
Capulet, and enemy, for unexplained
reasons, of Montague
Major character
Antagonist
Hater
Describing character and characterization

BENVOLIO

Montague’s nephew, Romeo’s

cousin and thoughtful friend
Minor character
Static
Innocent
Humble
Describing character and characterization

TYBALT

A Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her

mother’s side
Minor character
Antagonist
Fearless
Hater
Describing character and characterization

FRIAR LAWRENCE

A Franciscan friar, friend to both

Romeo and Juliet
Minor character
Protagonist
Polite
Static
Describing character and characterization

NURSE

Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-

fed Juliet when she was a baby and has
cared for Juliet her entire life
Minor character
Static
Confidant
Loving
Humble
Describing character and characterization

MERCUTIO

A kinsman to the Prince, and

Romeo’s close friend
Minor character
Protagonist
Static
Fearless
Describing character and characterization

LADY CAPULET

Juliet’s mother, Capulet’s wife

Minor character
Static
Confidant
Describing character and characterization

COUNT PARIS

A kinsman of the Prince, and the

suitor of Juliet most preferred by
Capulet
Minor character
Static
Flat
Describing character and characterization

ROSALINE

The woman with whom Romeo is

infatuated at the beginning of the
play
 Minor character
 Humble
 Static
Describing character and characterization

LORD MONTAGUE

 Romeo’s father, the patriarch

of the Montague clan and bitter
enemy of Capulet
 Minor character
 Static
 Wise
Describing character and characterization

PETER

A Capulet’s servant wh invites

guests to Capulet’s feast and
escorts the Nurse to meet with
Romeo
Minor character
Static
Polite
Discussing the Language Rhetoric
1. Simile
Discussing the Language Rhetoric
2. Methapor
Discussing the Language Rhetoric
3. Allitetration
Discussing the Language Rhetoric
4. Euphony
Discussing the Language Rhetoric
5. Euphemism
Interpretation of the Play

 Dramatic Irony: Romeo belief that Juliet was died.

 In this play using Universal Themes of an Abstract
Nature and discuss about love. It is obvious that Romeo
and Juliet tried to keep their love to become eternal and
endless because they thought they’ve found their true
love but the fate wasn’t in accordance with their families’
relation because Capulet and Montegue don’t like each
other or have a hereditary dispute.
Conclusion
From the results of our understanding of the story
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare’s through
reflection in real life discussing the issue of romance which
is common to everyone. This work of William Shakespeare,he
is very clever and astute by packing his ideas with the choice
of words,interesting language and vocabulary. His literary
work has become one of the legends from time to time
where audiences are lulled by story plots and swayed by the
story of the Romeo and Juliet who are mentioned as true
love.