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Romeo and Juliet, scene by scene
All 25 scenes. What happens, in a line. Then each one in five words.
The Chorus tells us the whole story in fourteen lines. Two families, two lovers, both dead by the end.
Chorus reveals the ending
Servants from the two families start a street fight. The Prince stops it and says the next fight means death.
Street fight; Prince threatens death
Paris asks to marry Juliet. Capulet plans a party. Romeo decides to go to see Rosaline.
Capulet plans party; Romeo invited
Juliet's mother asks if she wants to marry Paris. Juliet says she will look at him.
Mother tells Juliet about Paris
Romeo and his friends head to the party. Mercutio makes his long speech about Queen Mab. Romeo has a bad feeling.
Romeo goes to the party
Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love. They kiss. Tybalt spots Romeo. Both lovers find out who the other is.
Romeo and Juliet meet, kiss
Romeo hides in the Capulet garden while his friends look for him.
Romeo hides in the garden
Juliet talks to herself on her balcony. Romeo answers. They promise to marry.
Balcony; they promise to marry
Romeo asks the Friar to marry them. The Friar agrees, hoping it will end the feud.
Friar agrees to marry them
Mercutio teases Romeo. The Nurse comes with a message and Romeo tells her the plan.
Nurse carries the wedding plan
Juliet waits for the Nurse. The Nurse takes ages, then tells her to go to the Friar.
Nurse finally tells Juliet
Tybalt looks for Romeo. Mercutio fights him and is killed. Romeo kills Tybalt. The Prince banishes Romeo.
Mercutio, Tybalt die; Romeo banished
Juliet waits for her wedding night. The Nurse tells her Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished.
Juliet learns Romeo is banished
Romeo cries on the floor of the Friar's cell. The Friar tells him to go to Juliet tonight and then leave for Mantua.
Friar sends Romeo to Mantua
Capulet decides Juliet will marry Paris on Thursday. He does not ask her.
Capulet fixes wedding to Paris
Romeo leaves at dawn. Juliet's parents tell her she must marry Paris. Her father screams at her. The Nurse says do it.
Romeo leaves; father demands Paris
Juliet goes to the Friar. He gives her a potion that will make her look dead for forty-two hours.
Friar gives Juliet the potion
Juliet tells her father she will marry Paris. He moves the wedding to tomorrow.
Juliet pretends to agree
The Capulets stay up all night getting the wedding ready.
Capulets prepare the wedding
The Nurse finds Juliet 'dead'. The family grieves. The Friar arranges the funeral.
Family finds Juliet dead
In Mantua, Romeo hears Juliet is dead. The Friar's letter never reached him. He buys poison.
Romeo hears; buys poison
The Friar learns his letter to Romeo was never delivered. He rushes to the tomb.
Friar's letter never arrived
Romeo kills Paris at the tomb, drinks the poison, dies. Juliet wakes, finds him, stabs herself. The families make peace.
Both die; families make peace
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