Romeo and Juliet, a captivating love story, and a poignant tragedy. It is a tale of love and romance, hate, betrayal, and deceit. Act I and II comprise of jubilant events, with Romeo and Juliet meeting and then marrying soon after. There are no consequential plights; the events all run smoothly, with the backlash of harsh decisions not arriving until Act III. Every significant decision made in Act I and II by Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, and the Nurse, has an effect on the proceedings of Act III. Romeo killing Tybalt, his banishment from Verona, Juliet’s forced marriage to Paris, and keeping the marriage undisclosed throughout the entire story all have adverse effects on the outcome of Romeo and Juliet’s future. In Act III, everything th
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