Summary
In the city of Verona, a long-standing feud between the Montague and Capulet families poisons every street.
Amid the violence, Romeo Montague crashes a Capulet party and meets Juliet, the daughter of his family’s sworn enemy.
It's love at first sight—intense, immediate, and forbidden.
With the help of Friar Laurence, the young lovers secretly marry, hoping their union might end the bloodshed.
But fate has other plans. When Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt in a duel, he is banished.
Meanwhile, Juliet is forced into an arranged marriage with Paris, a nobleman she does not love.
Desperate to escape, Juliet takes a potion that fakes her death.
But the message explaining the plan never reaches Romeo.
Believing Juliet truly dead, Romeo takes his own life beside her.
Juliet awakens, sees him dead, and ends her life as well.
Their tragic deaths finally bring peace to the warring families—but at a devastating cost.