Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, tells the story of two young lovers in Verona whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall deeply in love at first sight, despite the bitter rivalry between their households. They secretly marry with help from Friar Laurence. However, fate intervenes: Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt in a duel and is banished. To escape an arranged marriage to Paris, Juliet takes a sleeping potion to feign death. Romeo, believing her truly dead, poisons himself beside her. Upon awakening to find Romeo dying, Juliet stabs herself with his dagger. Their tragic deaths finally unite the grieving Montagues and Capulets.
