William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet William Shakespears Romeo and Juliet is set about two star-crossed-lovers called Romeo and Juliet. They come from two rivaling families. Romeo’s character is from a family called the Montagues and Juliet’s character if from the Capulets, William Shakespear makes the families very alike in dignity. The families live in a city called Verona in Italy, they have held a grudge against each other for many many years, so long back that no one can remember the cause. There was peace between them both, but recently the fighting started again. Prince Escalus arrives during one of the families fights, he is sick and tired of all the fighting in the streets so he says “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of peace.” The character Romeo is madly in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play, but Rosaline has vowed never to marry so Romeo is love sick. His Parents (Lord and Lady Montague) are worried about him so they talk to his best friends Benvolio and Mercutio. The character Benvolio is the peace maker of the three and Mercutio is the lively one who always wants a fight. So when the servant shows them a list of the Capulets party guests, they notice Rosaline’s name is on, they want to go so they can prove to Romeo theirs plenty more fish in the sea, but Romeo is reluctant to go to this masked bal but his friends persuade him to go. Juliet is 13 years old “she hath not seen the change of fourteen summers” this is the normal age for women to be married and even to be a mother! She also is an only child, her brother/sisters must of passed away. So Lord Capulet is going to make sure that she is very happy when she gets married to Paris, because she is his only daughter “She is the hopeful lady of my earth” so he is looking out for her. Juliet will obey her parents orders, so she will meet Paris on the