Romeo and Juliet - Time Line
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Act One |
Sunday A melancholy Romeo walks under a grove of sycamore trees in the early morning mist. |
Later Montague and Capulet are hot for a fight . . . |
Sunday Evening Capulet's great masque banquet and ball. Romeo is stunned by the beauty of Juliet. |
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Act Two |
Sunday night Romeo and Juliet meet and swear their love for each other. |
Monday afternoon Romeo and Juliet are married by the Friar. |
One hour later . . . |
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Act Three |
Monday late afternoon Mercutio is killed by Tybalt. |
Monday late afternoon Romeo revenges Mercutio's death and slays Tybalt. |
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Monday late at night Capulet strikes a bargain with Paris, who is now to marry Juliet in three days time. |
Tuesday dawn Romeo is to be banished forever. |
Tuesday dawn The lovers part, having spent the night in each other's arms. |
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Act Four |
Tuesday morning Juliet refuses Paris. |
Tuesday noon The Friar explains how Juliet can escape from her coming marriage to Paris. |
Tuesday night Later that night, alone in her room, Juliet takes the potion. |
Early Wednesday morning The nurse discovers Juliet's 'dead' body |
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Act Five |
Thursday late at night In Juliet's tomb, a despairing Romeo takes poison . . . as Juliet awakens. The star-crossed lovers are united at last in death. |
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