|
Act and Scene |
Day |
Times |
Timeline for Romeo and Juliet
Important Events
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Act 1 |
Sunday |
Morning |
Romeo lovesick for Rosaline |
|
Act 1 |
Sunday |
Afternoon |
A street fight between the
Montague and Capulet factions |
|
Act 1 |
Sunday |
Evening |
The Capulets make ready for
their masked ball (masque)
The Montague faction gatecrash the ball - Romeo is
disguised by a mask. Romeo sees beautiful Juliet -
it is love at first sight.
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|
Act 2 |
Sunday |
Night |
Romeo and Juliet meet and
learn they belong to the opposing families of
Montague and Capulet. Despite the conflicting
loyalties to their families they swear their love
for each other and decide to marry
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|
Act 2 |
Monday |
Morning |
Plans are made for the wedding |
|
Act 2 |
Monday |
Early Afternoon |
Romeo
Montague
and Juliet
Capulet
are married by Friar Laurence
The Nurse helps Romeo with plans to provide ropes to
enable Romeo to climb into Juliet's bedchamber as
her husband later that night...
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|
Act 3 |
Monday |
Late Afternoon |
Benvolio and Mercutio
(Montague faction) meet Tybalt (Capulet faction).
Mercutio is killed by Tybalt.
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|
Act 3 |
Monday |
Early Evening
|
Romeo revenges the death of
Mercutio and kills Tybalt.
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|
Act 3 |
Monday |
Night |
Prince of Verona banishes
Romeo from Verona.
Unaware of the wedding Capulet arranges for Juliet
to marry Paris on Thursday
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|
Act 3 |
Tuesday |
Dawn |
Having spent the night
together the lovers, Romeo and Juliet, part |
|
Act 4 |
Tuesday |
Morning |
Juliet refuses her father's
wishes to marry Paris and decides she will commit
suicide rather than betray Romeo |
|
Act 4 |
Tuesday |
Afternoon |
Friar Laurence advises Juliet
to pretend to take poison and fake her death,
allowing her to escape to Romeo. Knowing she will
escape Juliet "agrees" to marry Paris. Her delighted
father brings the wedding forward to Wednesday
|
|
Act 4 |
Tuesday |
Night |
Juliet takes the fake potion |
|
Act 4 |
Wednesday |
Morning |
The Nurse discovers the "dead"
Juliet. The Capulet family learn that their daughter
Juliet is dead. The wedding preparations are changed
to those of a funeral.
|
|
Act 5 |
Wednesday |
|
Romeo learns of Juliet's death
- devastated he plans to return to Verona to see the
dead body of Juliet - he plans to commit suicide
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|
Act 5 |
Thursday |
Evening |
Romeo looks at Juliet in her
coffin. Paris sees him, they fight and Paris is
killed. Romeo then takes the poison - just as Juliet
awakes. Romeo dies and then Juliet stabs herself to
death.
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|
Act 5 |
Thursday |
Evening |
The tragic love story ends as
the Montague and Capulet families end their feud
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