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    The document provides a synopsis of the plot of Romeo and Juliet. It describes how Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, fall in love at a ball despite their families being sworn enemies. They secretly marry with the help of Friar Laurence, but a series of misunderstandings and miscommunications ultimately lead to the tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet.

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    Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet

    The servants of the feuding Capulet and Montague families trade insults on the streets
    of Verona. The prince of Verona, having grown tired of their continual public brawls,
    decrees that the next member of either family to provoke a fight will be put to death.

    Romeo Montague is infatuated with a girl named Rosaline, so, he and his friends
    decide to invite themselves to a ball where Rosaline is expected to be present.
    Unfortunately, the ball is hosted by their sworn enemy, Lord Capulet. In order not to
    provoke trouble, the young intruders go in disguise. However, all thoughts of Rosaline
    flee as Romeo falls instantly in love with Juliet, daughter of Capulet, and she with
    him. In only a moment's time, however, they discover each other's identity. Their love
    is forbidden.

    As Romeo and his friends make their way home, they pass by the home of the
    Capulets, and Romeo, unable to restrain himself, climbs the garden wall just as Juliet
    appears on her balcony. They declare their love for one another, seal their love with a
    kiss and vow to meet the next day.

    Romeo turns to his old friend Friar Lawrence and tells him of his intention to marry
    the daughter of his family's enemy. The friar agrees to marry the young couple as
    quickly as an opportunity provides itself. Meanwhile, Juliet sends her nurse to make
    the necessary arrangements, and that afternoon Romeo and Juliet are secretly married
    in Friar Laurence's cell.

    Romeo soon finds himself in the middle of a fight between Mercutio (his cousin) and
    Tybalt (Juliet's cousin). He tries to be a peacemaker and put a stop to the fighting, but
    his interference succeeds only in getting Mercutio mortally wounded. Romeo, furious
    at the death of his friend and kinsman, challenges Tybalt and kills him. The situation
    is now desperate, and Romeo turns again to his friend, the friar, who informs him that
    the prince, having learned of his fight with Tybalt, has banished him to Mantua.

    Juliet's nurse arranges for the newlyweds to spend Romeo's last night in Verona
    together in Juliet's bedroom. Unaware of her marriage to Romeo, Juliet's parents set
    about arranging her marriage to Paris, a noble kinsman.

    The next morning, Romeo leaves for Mantua and a horrified Juliet, learning of the
    marriage plans, flees to Friar Lawrence, who offers a drug that will give her the
    appearance of death for two days. He assures her that he will get word to Romeo who
    will rescue her from the Capulet burial vault and take her to Mantua. She agrees to the
    plan and takes the potion before going to bed. Juliet's nurse finds her apparently dead
    the next morning.

    Romeo, still in Mantua, hears of Juliet's reported death, but the messenger from Friar
    Lawrence never arrives to tell him the truth. Distraught with grief, he purchases
    poison and hurries back to Verona and the tomb. Here, Romeo is confronted by Paris,
    and, in the ensuing fight, kills him. In the vault, Romeo finds his apparently dead
    wife, drinks the poison, and dies by her side.

    Friar Lawrence arrives just as Juliet awakes and tries to draw her away from the tomb,
    but flees when he hears voices approaching. Juliet attempts to join her dead husband
    by drinking the poison he brought but, finding the vial empty, kills herself with his
    dagger.

    The feuding families arrive at the vault to find their children dead. They realize, too
    late, what their hatred has caused and vow to end the feud. The prince observes that
    because of their foolish hatred, “all are punished.”

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