Tragedy · c. 1595
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
In Verona, the children of two feuding houses, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall in love at a masked ball and marry in secret with the help of Friar Lawrence. When Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt, Romeo is banished, and Juliet, pressed to marry Paris, takes a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead. The message to Romeo goes astray, and both lovers die in the tomb, ending their parents' quarrel too late.
Contents · 27 parts
- Persons of the Play29 lines
- Prologue16 lines
- Act I, Scene 1about 250 lines
- Act I, Scene 2about 110 lines
- Act I, Scene 3about 110 lines
- Act I, Scene 4about 120 lines
- Act I, Scene 5about 160 lines
- Act II, Chorus16 lines
- Act II, Scene 150 lines
- Act II, Scene 2about 210 lines
- Act II, Scene 3about 100 lines
- Act II, Scene 4about 180 lines
- Act II, Scene 582 lines
- Act II, Scene 641 lines
- Act III, Scene 1about 210 lines
- Act III, Scene 2about 150 lines
- Act III, Scene 3about 190 lines
- Act III, Scene 439 lines
- Act III, Scene 5about 270 lines
- Act IV, Scene 1about 130 lines
- Act IV, Scene 254 lines
- Act IV, Scene 365 lines
- Act IV, Scene 440 lines
- Act IV, Scene 5about 150 lines
- Act V, Scene 195 lines
- Act V, Scene 235 lines
- Act V, Scene 3about 350 lines