|
|
| Plot Summary of Romeo and Juliet |
|---|
"We all know the story of the Star-Crossed lovers, family rivalry and tragedy. Beginning in a riot and ending in a double suicide with three murders in between. Well, what is Shakespeare but entertainment!? "
Kathleen, Resident Scholar
|
"Romeo (Montague), who is in love with Rosaline, goes to a party in an effort to forget her or to ease his broken heart. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agree to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) , a good friend of Romeo's, ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt kills Mercutio, which causes Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona.
At the same time, the Capulet's are planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet does not want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. Friar Lawrence promises to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo is currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo does not receive this message on time and upon hearing of her "death" goes to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she awaken's to find her lover's corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger.
"
Jeff Gedes, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of Romeo and Juliet |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- distant past/middle ages
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is
- an historical enemy
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
- No single main character?
Is this a play?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
.
Lurlene McDaniel
5:58:08 PM
Robert Segarra
5:48:05 PM
Jean M. Auel
3:13:06 PM
Lynn and Gilbert Morris
1:31:36 PM
Dean Koontz
12:02:10 PM
Vince Flynn
7:10:39 AM
Lori Wick
12:03:25 AM
Suzanne Collins
9:12:08 PM
George W. Bush
7:53:33 PM
Dave Pelzer
7:10:38 PM
Christopher Stasheff
6:25:29 PM
Jane Juska
5:48:53 PM
Deric Longden
11:53:30 AM
Cecelia Ahern
10:53:33 AM
Lilian Jackson Braun
9:30:43 PM
Donna Fletcher
9:16:54 PM
J.K. Rowling
7:40:18 PM
Lisanne Norman
7:16:47 PM
Barack Obama
7:10:39 PM
Margaret Peterson Haddix
6:23:46 PM
More message boards
|
