In this essay I will provide an in-depth analysis of each day's events from Romeo and Juliet. I will summarize the play by sharing with you the key parts of the play.

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In this essay I will provide an in-depth analysis of each day's events from Romeo and Juliet. I will summarize the play by sharing with you the key parts of the play. Maybe giving you a better perception of the play as a whole.

The story starts on a Sunday morning at 6 o'clock AM in Verona. Sampson and Gregory (Capulet servants) complain that they will not put up with insults from the Montague family. Abram and Balthasar (Montague servants) appear and the four start quarreling. Benvolio (Montague's nephew) appears and tries to break up the quarrel, but Tybalt (Lady Capulet's nephew) appears and picks a fight with Benvolio. At length, officers try to break up the fight, even while Lord Capulet and Lord Montague begin to fight one another. The Prince of Verona (Escalus) appears and stops the fighting, proclaiming sentences of death to any that renew the fighting.

At Montague's house, he, his wife, and Benvolio discuss how Romeo (Montague's only son) has been gloomy lately. Benvolio vows to find out why. Speaking with Romeo, Benvolio finds Romeo is in love with a woman who has sworn to stay chaste (Rosaline). Benvolio suggests to "examine other beauties", but Romeo refuses.

Separately, Paris (a kinsman of the Prince of Verona) talks to Lord Capulet about wooing his daughter Juliet for marriage. Capulet responds that she is too young (nearly 14 years old) and must wait two years to marry, and then only to the man whom she chooses. Still, Capulet invites Paris to a party in the evening. Capulet's servant is sent to invite guests, but he can't read the list so he entreats Romeo to do so. Upon hearing of the party, Benvolio convinces Romeo to attend and compare his unattainable love Rosaline to more beautiful women...