Sequence Events in Romeo and Juliet (Summarized) Flashcards
On the other hand, Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, seeks Juliet’s hand in marriage. Juliet’s father was delighted, but asked Paris to wait for two years since Juliet was not yet even fourteen at the time. Then, her father dispatched a list of invitations to his servant for his traditional masquerade feast.
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Romeo and Benvolio, still discussing Rosaline, encounter the Capulet servant bearing the list of invitations. Benvolio suggests that they attend for Romeo to compare his beloved to other beautiful women of Verona. Romeo agrees to go but only because Rosaline will be there.
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Juliet, knowing that she has a possibility of marrying Paris, admitted to her mother and nurse that she has not yet considered marriage. However, she agreed to look at Paris to see if she could fall in love with him.
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The watch arrives, followed closely by the Prince, the Capulets, and Montague. Montague declares that Lady Montague has died of grief over Romeo’s exile. Seeing their children’s bodies, Capulet and Montague agree to end their long-standing feud and to raise gold statues of their children side-by-side in a newly peaceful Verona.
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Romeo follows Benvolio, and Mercutio to Capulet’s house, where Romeo sees Juliet and instantly falls in love with the lady, completely forgetting Rosaline. Tybalt is enraged as he recognizes Romeo sneaking into a Capulet feast. He was prepared to attack, but Capulet stopped him. Soon, they kissed without knowing each other well. Then, Romeo finds out from Juliet’s nurse her true identity, and so did Juliet. Both grew equally devastated.
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As Mercutio and Benvolio leave the Capulet estate, Romeo leaps over the orchard wall into the garden, unable to leave Juliet behind. From his hiding place, he sees Juliet in a window above the orchard and hears her speak his name. He calls out to her, and they exchange vows of love.
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A brawl between the servants of the feuding noble families in the streets of Verona occurred. Benvolio, a Montague, tried to stop the feud, but Tybalt, a rash Capulet, embroiled the former. Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, decreed death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future to prevent future conflicts between the noble families.
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Romeo runs into his cousin Benvolio, who later on confided his one-sided love to Rosaline.
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Romeo went to his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence, who, despite his shock at the sudden turn of events, agreed to marry the young lovers in hopes to end the feud between the noble families. The next day, the lovers got married in Friar Lawrence’s cell.
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The next day, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt—Juliet’s cousin—who, still enraged that Romeo attended Capulet’s feast, has challenged Romeo to a duel. Romeo appears. Now Tybalt’s kinsman by marriage, Romeo begs the Capulet to hold off the duel until he understands why Romeo doesn’t want to fight. Disgusted with this plea for peace, Mercutio says that he will fight Tybalt himself. The two begin to duel. Romeo tries to stop them by leaping between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm, and Mercutio dies. Romeo, in a rage, kills Tybalt. Romeo flees from the scene. Soon after, the Prince declares him forever banished from Verona for his crime. Friar Lawrence arranges for Romeo to spend his wedding night with Juliet before he has to leave for Mantua the following morning.
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After finding out that Romeo killed Tybalt, Juliet becomes distraught but quickly resettles herself, realizing her duty belongs to Romeo, her love.
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Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s room that night, and at last they consummate their marriage and their love. The lovers bid farewell, unsure when they will see each other again. Capulet, affected by the recent events, now intends Juliet to marry Paris in just three days. The nurse advised to marry Paris and pretend that Romeo is dead. Outraged at the disloyalty, Juliet disregards her advice and hurries to the Friar. He intended to let the lovers reunite in Mantua the night before her wedding to Paris. Juliet must drink a potion that will make her appear to be dead. After she is laid to rest in the family’s crypt, the Friar and Romeo will secretly retrieve her, and she will be free to live with Romeo, away from their parents’ feuding.
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Juliet returns home with the news that the wedding has been moved ahead one day, bound to be married tomorrow. That night, she drank poison, wherein the nurse discovered her lifeless body. The Capulets grieve, and Juliet is entombed. But Friar Lawrence’s message explaining the plan to Romeo never reaches Mantua. Its bearer, Friar John, gets confined to a quarantined house. Romeo hears only that Juliet is dead.
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He buys a vial of poison from a reluctant Apothecary, then speeds back to Verona to take his own life at Juliet’s tomb. Outside the Capulet crypt, Romeo comes upon Paris, who is scattering flowers on Juliet’s grave. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. He enters the tomb, sees Juliet’s inanimate body, drinks the poison, and dies by her side. Just then, Friar Lawrence enters and realizes that Romeo has killed Paris and himself. At the same time, Juliet awakes. Friar Lawrence hears the coming of the watch. When Juliet refuses to leave with him, he flees alone. Juliet sees her beloved Romeo and realizes he has killed himself with poison. She kisses his poisoned lips, and when that does not kill her, buries his dagger in her chest, falling dead upon his body.
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