Romeo and Juliet-Illustrated Classic (Chinese Edition)

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeares most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers. Romeo(Montague) fell in love with Juliet. However, their families are rivals. They decided to get married secretly. Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) , a good friend of Romeos, ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliets cousin. Tybalt kills Mercutio, which causes Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona.At the same time, the Capulets are planning Juliets marriage to Paris. Juliet does not want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. Friar Lawrence promises to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo is currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo does not receive this message on time and upon hearing of her ""death"" goes to Juliets tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliets potion wears off, she woke to find her lovers corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeos dagger. The two families find the bodies and their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.