BY: CINDY MARTIN

(1564-1616)

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BIOGRAPHY

John Shakespeare, a glover who was involved in municipal politics and dealt in agricultural produce, including barley and timber, married Mary Arden, the daughter of Robert Arden, a farmer from nearby village of Wilmcote. Had a son On April 23, 1564 William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avalon, England (This town is an important river-crossing settlement and market center) Shakespeare was later baptized April 26, 1564. He later attended the Stratford grammar school, and did not move on to any other school such as oxford or Cambridge. Then he got married in 1582 with 18 year old, Anne Hathaway who then a year later had three kids Susanna, and twins Judith and Hamnet two years later. Seven years later Shakespeare became known as an actor, poet and play writer.

TIMELINE

(http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm)

R&J PLOT SUMMERY

In Verona, Italy lived families the montegues had the capulets .these two families were enemies. Romeo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Montague had fell in love with girl name Rosaline but she left Romeo to become a nun. Romeo became love sike idn’t eat and took long walks by the beach and did, come back till night time. Then mercutio one of Romeos cousins decided to have a party so Romeo can get over Rosaline. Mercutio told Romeo that there are plenty more fish in the sea and he was gonna show him what true beauties looked like. But Romeo noticed the daughter of the capulets Juliet and forgot all about Rosaline. Romeo had never seen Juliet before; Juliet also had affect in Romeo. When the party was over and Juliet was gone he found out by the nurse that Juliet was a Capulet. He was surprised because he knew that would lead to no good. He could never let her go. Later that day Romeo escaped to the house of Capulet and went to the balcony of julets room and told her how muched he loved her. A day later Romeo told Juliet that they were going to get married but no one was to know of there marriage, but unfortunally Juliet already had been arranged to be married by her father to a man name Paris who truly loved Juliet. Juliet had no affection what so ever for Paris. Later on that day Romeo and Juliet got married by Friar Lawrence.

Tybalt and mercutio got in a big fight and tybalt killed mercutio Romeos cosine. Then that’s when the fight all began then Romeo started too fights with tybalt for r killing his cosine then Romeo killed tybalt julets cosine. Then the prince of Verona came and told Romeo he had to leave town and shouldn’t return. Romeo told Juliet that he had to leave and should never return. Juliet was shocked that Romeo would do something like that. Then Juliet got a potion from Friar Lawrence that made her fall asleep and everyone would think that she was dead so she can leave with Romeo and live haply ever after. So she drunk the potion and Romeo even thought she was dead and he went to go and vist her ant her tomb and killed himself since he thought she was dead. Then when she wakes up she sees that Romeo is dead and she stabs her self and the to star cross lovers are then both dead.

CHARACTER LIST

MONTEGUES

Lord montegue

Lady montegue

Romeo

Abrahm (servent)

Benvolio (nephew)

Balthasar (servent)

CAPULETS

Lord capulet

Lady capulet

Juliet

Tybalt (nephew)

Sampson (servant)

Gregery (srvent)

Nerse

Peter (survent of the nurse)

OTHER CHARACTERS

Prince secular-ruler of Verona

Mercutio-kindsman-of the prince and frinend of romeo

Friar laurance- a Franciscan priest

Count paris- a young nableman, kindsman of the prince

Act 1

Sampson and gregery the two servents from the houses start to fight then that’s when the fight startes between the montegues ans the capulets.

ACT 2

Romeo asked Juliet to marry him and Juliet said “OK”. Then nobody knows.

“Romeo and Juliet getting married.”

Act3

Mercutio and Tybalt get into a fight and and Tybalt kills room and then Romeo gets into the fight and kills tybalt. Then the prince of Verona comes and tells Romeo that he needs to leave the town at one and never return.

“Romeo and Rybalt fighting.”

Act 4

Juliet finds out that she needs to marry paris. Juliet doent want to because she already married romeo. Juliet drins the potion so she can fall asleep and everyone think that she is dead and even romeo thinks that she is dead.

“Romeo sees that julet is dead.”

ACT 4

Romeo kills himself because he thinks that his true love is dead and then they have a seromony the two star cross lovers.

“the two lovers dead.”