Romeo and Juliet | Short story

Romeo and Juliet 

 the noble families of the Montag's and the Capulets live and the city of Verona both families are enemies and even their servants get into fights with each other Prince Escalus who is the ruler of the city always tells the families to stop fighting or they will be punished Montague has only one child a teenage boy called Romeo Capulet also has only one child a beautiful fourteen-year-old daughter called Juliet one evening Romeo sneaks into a party at the Capulets house he meets Juliet and they fall in love with each other later on Romeo overhears Juliet standing on her balcony admitting her love for him he reveals himself and they agree to be married Friar Laurence agrees to marry them in secret the next day.

Juliet's cousin Tybalt confronts Romeo 

angry that he sneaked into the party Romeo's friend Mercutio steps in and fights Tybalt Tybalt killed Mercutio so Romeo takes revenge and kills Tybalt the prince orders Romeo to leave the city and warns he will be executed if he returns Romeo secretly spends the night with Juliet before leaving the next morning Juliet is left upset after Romeo leaves to cheer her up her parents arrange for her to quickly marry Paris who is a cousin of the prince this only makes it worse.

Juliet refuses so her father threatens 

to kick her out if she doesn't marry Paris Friar Lawrence suggests a drug that can put her to sleep for a few hours so that she can pretend to be dead so that she can sneak out of the fryer sends a message to Romeo to tell him about the plan Juliet takes the drug and her family thinking her to be dead lay her in the family tomb but before the messenger can reach Romeo he learns of Juliet's death from someone else and believes she is really dead he is sad and buy some poison to kill himself at July tomb Romeo goes to the tomb and is discovered by Paris who has also come to mourn her they fight and Romeo kills Paris still believe in Juliet to be dead.

Romeo poisons himself Juliet wakes up 

but when she sees that Romeo is dead she stabs herself the play ends with the families and the prince entering the

tomb and discovering them dead in they

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sadness the families agree they should 

no longer be enemies with each other.

By Rida Fatima