Romeo and Juliet: Official Student Edition with Annotations

Make Shakespeare easier with this student edition featuring Verse by Verse summary and glossary. Romeo and Juliet tells the story of an age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. A group of masked Montague's risk further conflict by gatecrashing a Capulet party. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her fathers choice, the County Paris. With the help of Juliets nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but Romeos attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliets own cousin, Tybalt, for which Romeo is banished. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friars plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb. Juliet wakes to find Romeos corpse beside her and kills herself. The grieving family agree to end their feud.