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Juliet wakes, sees his body, and commits suicide. The plan goes awry, and Romeo learns instead that she is dead. The friar will send Romeo word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead. He spends that night with Juliet and then leaves for Mantua.Juliet’s father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. When Romeo refuses to fight, Romeo’s friend Mercutio accepts the challenge and is killed. Romeo and his companions almost immediately encounter Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who challenges Romeo. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet-when Romeo and his friends attend a party at Juliet’s house in disguise-the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married.A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud.

Entire Play The prologue of Romeo and Juliet calls the title characters “star-crossed lovers”-and the stars do seem to conspire against these young lovers.Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet.

Numerous questions and activities for varied exploration of the play, including ideas for performance, creative writing, illustration and analysis.

Stimulating historical background information, explanations of themes and techniques, and different interpretations compared and contrasted.

A brief synopsis, character list and key vocabulary at the start of each scene, to orient students to the text.

Accessible text notes on each page of the play text.

Brief synopses and ‘Before you read’ notes before each scene guide students in their reading, while graded questions after each scene enhance understanding and lead to higher-level explorations of language and ideas.

Shakespeare’s techniques and conventions are explained thoroughly and accessibly, and key vocabulary is defined throughout, giving students confidence with the language.

Developed and written by leading teachers and Shakespearean specialists, each text in the Insight Shakespeare Plays series contains the play text as well as detailed background notes and a wide range of questions and activities.