key themes

• act 1 scene 1

  fight between Montagues and capulets;romeo in love with Rosaline
• act 1 scene 2

  paris wants to marry juliet
• act 1 scene 3

  lady Capulet tell juliet + nurse about Paris proposal
• act 1 scene 4

  Benvolio + mercuito get romeo to join in masquerade
• act 1 scene 5

  romeo meets juliet and they fall in love

  Tybalt wants to fight Romeo but is stopped
• act 2 scene 1

  romeo hides from his friends; they joke about his love for Rosaline
• act 2 scene 2

  romeo and juliet arrange for the nurse to be their go between
• act 2 scene 3

  friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo + Juliet