Synopsis
This star crossed love story begins with two teenage lovers Romeo and Juliet, in the town of Verona, Italy. These lovers are from two different prestigious families that are sworn enemies of each other, and always have been. The two families are always in constant brawl and are always disrupting the peace in the streets.
Romeo is a sensitive young man who is a Montague, he mostly has been spending his time away from his family and friends, wondering around the outskirts of town off in the clouds, which seems strange to Romeo's friends and family. Juliet is a young Capulet woman who is a normal teenage girl, but her mother has recently tried to cajole Juliet into marriage. She is considering the idea until she is blind sided by her one and only true love. Romeo and his friends are looking for a little fun when they decide to go to a masquerade that the Capulet house is hosting. After they get through security they all get into the party mood except for lover boy. Romeo has just been struck with love after making eye contact with the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. He is star struck and so is Juliet; love at first site. Romeo, drunken with love, heads over to Juliet, and they immediately connect and seem like their love has been there before. They immediately know they are destined for each other. The two arrange to get married the next day because they simply could not wait. Friar Laurence, a well respected priest in Verona marries the two thinking it would end the feud between the two families. No one knew, except for the Nurse, and Friar Laurence. The sad truth about it is they cannot be together, even though they are married. Reason being, the two families would simply not accept it. If people found out it could spark outrage between the two families.
After Romeo and Juliet get married they both part and go back to their normal lives for the day. when Romeo catches up with his friends he notices that his cousin Mercutio and Juliet's cousin Tybalt are standing close to each other and look as if they are about to have a sword fight. As Mercutio and Tybalt start exchanging swords, Romeo steps in to try and break up the fight but ends up getting Mercutio stabbed by accident. Romeo is outraged and when he sees Tybalt again, he draws his sword and ends up killing Tybalt. The town turns into chaos as the Montague and Capulet family's are outraged. when Juliet finds out she knows, she and Romeo will never be seen together, she plans to fake her death and run away with Romeo. when Romeo hears the news, he cannot bare not being with his true love so he takes his life. But when Juliet comes back she also finds her true love Romeo dead and takes her life because she would rather be dead and be with her true love than be alive without him. When the Montague and Capulet family's find out that their daughter and son were so deeply in love that they both took their own life because they couldn't be together because of this rivalry. The two families come to their senses and realize that they can not let any more of their family members die because of this rivalry. They decided to end their problems right then and there.
Romeo is a sensitive young man who is a Montague, he mostly has been spending his time away from his family and friends, wondering around the outskirts of town off in the clouds, which seems strange to Romeo's friends and family. Juliet is a young Capulet woman who is a normal teenage girl, but her mother has recently tried to cajole Juliet into marriage. She is considering the idea until she is blind sided by her one and only true love. Romeo and his friends are looking for a little fun when they decide to go to a masquerade that the Capulet house is hosting. After they get through security they all get into the party mood except for lover boy. Romeo has just been struck with love after making eye contact with the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. He is star struck and so is Juliet; love at first site. Romeo, drunken with love, heads over to Juliet, and they immediately connect and seem like their love has been there before. They immediately know they are destined for each other. The two arrange to get married the next day because they simply could not wait. Friar Laurence, a well respected priest in Verona marries the two thinking it would end the feud between the two families. No one knew, except for the Nurse, and Friar Laurence. The sad truth about it is they cannot be together, even though they are married. Reason being, the two families would simply not accept it. If people found out it could spark outrage between the two families.
After Romeo and Juliet get married they both part and go back to their normal lives for the day. when Romeo catches up with his friends he notices that his cousin Mercutio and Juliet's cousin Tybalt are standing close to each other and look as if they are about to have a sword fight. As Mercutio and Tybalt start exchanging swords, Romeo steps in to try and break up the fight but ends up getting Mercutio stabbed by accident. Romeo is outraged and when he sees Tybalt again, he draws his sword and ends up killing Tybalt. The town turns into chaos as the Montague and Capulet family's are outraged. when Juliet finds out she knows, she and Romeo will never be seen together, she plans to fake her death and run away with Romeo. when Romeo hears the news, he cannot bare not being with his true love so he takes his life. But when Juliet comes back she also finds her true love Romeo dead and takes her life because she would rather be dead and be with her true love than be alive without him. When the Montague and Capulet family's find out that their daughter and son were so deeply in love that they both took their own life because they couldn't be together because of this rivalry. The two families come to their senses and realize that they can not let any more of their family members die because of this rivalry. They decided to end their problems right then and there.
The famous balcony scene. (Romeo and Juliet 1968)