The story of Romeo and Juliet is about two teenagers who are seeking their love for each other, even though their families are long time enemies. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story.
It takes place in Verona, Italy in the late 1500's. The two fighting families are the Montagues and the Capulets. Juliet's father throws a costume party for all of his friends, which does not include the Montagues. Romeo, a Montague, goes to the party looking for a girl who has caught his eye prior to this evening. Once he is inside, he sees the fair Juliet and falls in love with her. There was one problem, Juliet is a Capulet. Juliet sees the charming Romeo and she falls in love with him too, not knowing that he is a hated Montague. Juliet goes out on the balcony to confess the love she has for an enemy. Romeo hears Juliet saying these shared feelings so he comes out of the bushes where he is hiding. He comes strolling out of the bushes to admit to Juliet these feelings of love to her. The very next day the two are secretly married by a friend of Romeo.
The day after the wedding, two friends of Romeo are walking through the streets of Verona, when they are approached by Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. He is looking for Romeo because Romeo crashed the Capulet party. Mercutio and Benvolio get into a fight with Tybalt. Romeo arrives on the scence not wanting to take the challenge to fight Tybalt because he no longer holds a grudge with Juliet's family. So Mercutio takes on Tybalt and Mercutio is killed. Romeo gets mad, so he kills Tybalt. This situation just adds fuel to the fire for the Capulets. The Prince of Verona demands that Romeo leave Verona, therefore he is leaving Juliet too. Old Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry a young man named Paris, not knowing that she is married to Romeo.
Juliet does not know what to do so she goes to the only person who knows that she is married and asks for some advise. He helps her set up a plan. He tells her to agree to the new marriage, but on the wedding day she will drink a potion that will make her appear to be dead. Then he will send for Romeo to come and rescue her from the Capulet burial place. Juliet goes along with the plan and takes the potion. She is placed in the vault by her parents.
Romeo finds out from someone else, that Juliet, his beloved wife, is dead. He cannot bare to live another day without her, so he buys some poison and decides that he will drink the poison and die next to his wife. Romeo arrives at the vault, once he gets inside he sees his beautiful wife lying there. He drinks the poison and dies quietly next to sleeping Juliet. Just moments later, Juliet awakes to see her dead husband lying next to her. She too cannot live without her love, Romeo, so she takes his dagger and kills herself.
Both the Montagues and the Capulets are so hurt by the death of their children that they agree to solve their differences and never fight again.