Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet tells the tragic tale of two young lovers born into Verona's most bitterly divided households. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet at a masquerade feast and are instantly smitten, quickly discovering their love is complicated by their families' ancient grudge. With the help of Friar Lawrence, the couple marries in secret, hoping their union might heal the rift between their houses. When Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo responds by killing Tybalt, Romeo is banished from Verona. With Romeo gone, Juliet's father arranges her marriage to Paris. Desperate to avoid this fate, Juliet takes a sleeping potion from Friar Lawrence that will make her appear dead, allowing Romeo to rescue her. A tragic mishap leaves Romeo unaware the death is feigned; he buys poison and takes his own life beside Juliet's seemingly lifeless form. Upon waking, Juliet kills herself with Romeo's dagger. The double suicide so devastates both families that they finally end generations of feuding, commissioning golden statues in their children's memory.