 Studying Romeo and Juliet I'll summarise what happens in this play in less than 60 seconds The play begins with a huge fight in Verona between the Montagues and the Capulets Princess Calus then warns everyone that if there's another fight whoever starts it will be killed Then Romeo and Montague meets Juliet, a Capulet at the Capulet Ball and they fall in love The nurse and Friar Lawrence help Romeo and Juliet secretly marry Tibbult, a Capulet who is really angry at Romeo for gate crashing the Capulet Ball, ends up killing Mercutio Romeo, who is quick to anger, retaliates and ends up killing Tibbult As a result, Princess Calus decides to banish Romeo from Verona Juliet is then forced by her parents to marry Paris With the help of Friar Lawrence, Juliet fakes her own death by drinking a certain poison However, the news doesn't reach Romeo quickly enough and Romeo mistakenly believes Juliet is dead Romeo then comes back to Verona, he goes to Juliet's grave, ends up fighting and killing Paris and then he kills himself Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo's dead body, therefore she commits suicide The Montagues and Capulets forgive each other and unite