William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

 

By: Candice Kilby

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Biography

William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 at Stratford- upon-Avon. His mother, one of the daughters of Robert Arden, was Mary Arden. His father was John Shakespeare, a leather merchant and a Glover. William had seven siblings, three of them died in their childhood. At the age of seven he attended Stratford Grammar School until he was fourteen. November 28,582 he got married to 26 year-old Anne Hathaway, at the time she was pregnant and he was eighteen. Their fist child born on May 26, 1583 was Susanna, later they had twins Hamnet and Judith born on February 2, 1585. On August 11, 1596 his son Hamnet died of unknown cases at the age of eleven. From 1585 to1592 Shakespeare disappeared. Afterwards Shakespeare went on to write many plays before he die in 1616.

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Timeline

1564 Shakespeare is born

1570 he starts school

1582 got married

1583 first child born

1585 had twins

1596-son died

1616-he died

 

 

 

 

Romeo and Juliet

 

 

Plot summary

Romeo and Juliet are from two different houses that are fighting. Romeo crashes a party falls in love with Juliet they decide to get married. Then Juliet finds out she has to marry Paris and Romeo kills Tybalt. Juliet fakes her death and Romeo doesn’t know that so he kills himself. She wakes up sees him dead and kills herself.

 

 

Characters

 

Romeo- son of Montague

Juliet- daughter of Capulet

Paris- Juliet’s suitor

Mercutio- a friend of Romeo

Nurse-care taker of Juliet

Benvolio- a friend of Romeo  

Tybalt- Juliet’s cousin

Lady Capulet- Capulet’s wife, Juliet‘s mother

Capulet-

Montague-

 

Act 1

There is a fight in the streets of Verona and the Capulet plans to have a party.