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The play has entertained generations with its romance, deception, revenge, sword-fighting, creative verse, comedic relief, and tragic fate. It has been adapted into 24 operas, numerous films, a ballet, and has also been referenced in law. During the late 1500s many playwrights loved to base their plays off of Italian stories, and Shakespeare was no different he was heavily influenced by the Italian tale “The Goodly History of the True and Constant Love of Romeo and Juliett.” Today Romeo and Juliet continues to spread its influence within literature and performing arts. Over four hundred years after it was first published, Romeo and Juliet remains one of Shakespeare’s most famous and most frequently performed plays. Part of the Encyclopædia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World Standard EbooksĢ6,445 words (1 hour 37 minutes) with a reading ease of 81.53 (easy) It's not until that plan ends tragically that the two families realize how foolish they have been.Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. She conspires with the friar who married them to deceive her family so that she can steal away and be with Romeo. Meanwhile, Capulet wants Juliet to marry another man, and Juliet knows she can't tell her parents whom she has already married.

Romeo is later goaded into fighting with Capulet's cousin Tybalt, who is stabbed and killed. The two are sweethearts are determined to be together despite the division between their families, and they secretly marry. Capulet's daughter, Juliet, and Montague's son, Romeo, meet at a feast held by Capulet and fall in love. The town is ruled by Prince Escalus, who warns the citizens that he will not tolerate any further bloodshed and mayhem from the opposing factions.

Each of these older men commands the loyalty of numerous friends and family members, and the factions battle in the city streets. Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy, where the houses of Capulet and Montague are in conflict.