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Romeo and Juliet

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William Shakespeare Biography

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About Romeo and Juliet

Date of Composition
First Performance
Cultural Influences
Shakespeare's Adaptations of Brooke's The Tragicall Historye Of Romeus And Juliet

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Act I: Prologue
Act I: Scene 1
Act I: Scene 2
Act I: Scene 3
Act I: Scene 4
Act I: Scene 5
Act II: Prologue
Act II: Scene 1
Act II: Scene 2
Act II: Scene 3
Act II: Scene 4
Act II: Scene 5
Act II: Scene 6
Act III: Scene 1
Act III: Scene 2
Act III: Scene 3
Act III: Scene 4
Act III: Scene 5
Act IV: Scene 1
Act IV: Scene 2
Act IV: Scene 3
Act IV: Scene 4
Act IV: Scene 5
Act V: Scene 1
Act V: Scene 2
Act V: Scene 3

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Character Analysis

Juliet
Romeo
The Nurse
Mercutio
Friar Laurence

Critical Essays

The Role of Comic Characters in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Critical Analysis of Setting in the Opening Scenes of Luhrmann's Film, Romeo + Juliet

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Famous Quotes from Romeo and Juliet
Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet
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Act V: Scene 2

Friar Laurence discovers that Friar John, the messenger he sent to Mantua with a letter to Romeo explaining that Juliet is alive, has been quarantined because of an outbreak of the plague and prevented from leaving Verona. Friar Laurence then hurries to the Capulet tomb because it is nearly time for Juliet to wake.

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