Romeo e Giulietta

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Drama is a terms of Greek origin meaning action an referring to a performance
On the stage in which actors act out the events and characters of a story.
A dramatic work is usually called play.
ELIZABETHAN DRAMAduring those years British drama flourished and became
A mayor genre for english writers to express themselves in;plays reflected and
Conveyed the spirit of the Renaissanse.
A tragic plot always involves a reversal of fortune.The central action is the fall
Of the protagonist from a condition of wealth and honour to unhappines and death.
It usually develops through the following stages:Introduction,Development,
Climax(the high point of the hero fortunes),Decline,Catastophe.

Romeo is infatued with Rosaline.:
In order to see her,he takes a risk
And goes to a party given by Lord
Capulet,the enemy of his family;the
Montagues.There he meets Juiliet,
Capulet’s daughter:The two yang
People fall in love at first sight.
After the party Romeo enters the
Capulet’s garden and sees Juliet
At her balcony.

Romeo and Juiliet exchange
Vows of love and are married by
Friar Laurence,theyr confessor,
The following days.Later Romeo
Is involved,aganist his will,in a
Fight in which he kills Tebald,
Juliet’s cousin,and is bandished
from the by the prince of Verona.
After they have spent theyr
Weddingnight together,Romeo has
To leave Juliet.

Lady Capulet announces to juliet
That the nouble Paris wants to
Marry her and that her father has
Already arranged the wedding
Cerimony.Friar Laurence suggest’s
That she should pretend to agree
To the marriage.Then,in order to avoid
The wedding she should take a potion
He will give her,which will make her
Fall into a deep sleep similar to death.
Meanwhilethe Friar will inform Romeo and
Both of them will be present in the Capulets’
Vault when she wakes up.Seeing no other
Way out, Juliet agrees to this desperate
Plain.But Romeo,who is exiled in Mantua,
Learns about Juliet’s death from his servant
Without knowing the thrut.He buys a poison
And returns to Verona to kill himself near
Juliet’s body.He kisses Juliet for the last
Time and drinks the poison.When Juliet
Wakes up,she sees Romeo death and stabs
Herself with his knife.The Montagues and the
Capulets are reconcilied over the two bodies
Of theyrn children.