Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
ACT I, SCENE I
Act I, Scene I Summary
On a street in Verona, two
servants of Lord Capulet start a
fight with two of Lord Montague’s
servants.
Benvolio, Romeo’s friend, enters
and stops the fight.
Then Tybalt, a relative of the
Capulets enters and insults
Benvolio, and the fighting starts
again.
Act I, Scene I Summary
The fighting is stopped by several
people, just as Lord and Lady
Capulet and Lord and Lady
Montague enter.
The two Lords exchange angry
words.
Prince Escalus, the Prince and
leader of Verona, comes and
warns the Lords that if they fight
any more they’ll be sentenced to
Act I, Scene I Summary
Romeo enters the
scene and
confesses to his
friend Benvolio that
he’s upset because
he loves a young
woman, Rosaline,
who’s sworn she’ll
become a nun.
Benvolio tells
Romeo to forget
about her, but
Romeo says any
other woman will
only remind him of
Rosaline, who he
loves so much.
Romeo and Juliet
ACT I, SCENE II
Act I, Scene II Summary
Paris asks Lord
Capulet for
permission to
Marry Juliet, but
Capulet hesitates
because he thinks
Juliet is too young
for marriage.
He says if Paris
can win Juliet’s
heart, the two will
have his blessing.
So, he invites
Paris to a feast.
Act II, Scene II Summary
Romeo finds out Rosaline is on
the guest list to attend the feast,
so he and his friends decide they
will sneak into the Capulet’s big
party.
Act I, Scene 3
Now we’ll watch the rest of Act I
in the 1968 film version of Romeo
and Juliet, directed by a famous
Italian director named Franco
Zeffirelli.
Pay close attention to the party
scene, when Tybalt sees Romeo
and gets mad that he’s there.
Also, pay close attention to
the part when Romeo and
Juliet first meet.