1. By William Shakespeare
ROMEO AND JULIET
By William Shakespeare
Emily Sadler

2. Once upon a time in a town called Verona, there was two families
Once upon a time in a town called Verona, there was two families. They were both rich with one child.

3. The Capulets and their daughter Juliet

4. And the Montagues with their son Romeo.

5. Unfortunately, the two families were not friends at all, they hated each other. Violence was what occurred when their only children fell in love.

6. Everyone in town was guilty of the blood shed during the awful war between the families. Romeo is banished from Verona because he killed Juliet’s cousin Tybalt in a fight.

7.   The young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, were both unwillingly in the grip of death and of fate. To stop their parents terrible feud, the children die a sad and terrifying death.

8. Friar Lawrence, a friend of Romeo and Juliet’s, makes a plan for them to leave town and be safe and together.

9. Friar Lawrence of Verona
But the plan goes terribly wrong when Romeo fails to receive word of the plan.
Romeo Montague
The Plan
Friar Lawrence of Verona

10.   Juliet drinks a poison that will make her seem dead but will actually just make her sleep. When Romeo finds her and she appears to have truly died, Romeo drinks his own poison, leaving him dead as Juliet awakens.

11. Since her love is so strong, and she can’t live with out Romeo, Juliet takes a dagger and stabs herself.

12. The fearful journey of love and acceptance that had led them to their death was sadly, not enough to end their parents feud.

13. The End For never was a story of more woe
Then this of Juliet and her Romeo