In act one the play sets up the story by introducing the two households in the story. The Montagues and the Capulets by having first the servants from both clans fight before having people directly related to the heads of the two households appear. Benvolio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet) join in the fight before abruptly being stop by the prince. We then meet Romeo who is depressed that his love of his life does not love him back and his cousin Benvolio decided to take Romeo to …show more content…
The Friar warns him that it’s a bad to rush the marriage. But Paris just brushes it off and tells the Friar that Juliet might be to sad over Tybalt death to marry him any other date. The Friar wishing that he did not know the reason he should slow down the marriage that’s when Juliet enters to talk to the Friar. She threatens to kill herself is she must marry Paris. The Friar stops her and tell her that he has a plan. He gives her a potion that will make her appear dead and place her within the Capulet family tomb and have Romeo come and wake her up to take her with him. She goes home drinks the potion and passes out on her bed. The Friar comes to the Capulet house to take Juliet to the Funeral home to “marry her”. But when they go into the room they find out that she is “dead”. The Friar suggest to Capulet to take Juliet to the family tomb after they have her