罗密欧与朱丽叶英文.ppt

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical and opera.
Main Characters
Paris:
Montague
Capulet
Romeo :son to Montague
Balthasar:Servent to Romeo
Juliet : daughter to Capulet
Friar Laurence :a Franciscan
The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl(吵架) between Montague and Capulet servants who, like their masters, are sworn (不共戴天的)enemies. Prince Escalus of Verona intervenes (出面)and declares that further breach (破坏,违反)of the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter Juliet, but Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet’s nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris’s courtship.(求爱)
Meanwhile, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo, Montague‘s son, about Romeo’s recent depression. Benvolio discovers that it stems from unrequited infatuation (单相思)for a girl named Rosaline, one of Capulet‘s nieces. Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet. Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, is enraged(激怒) at Romeo for sneaking into the ball, but is only stopped from killing Romeo by Juliet‘s father, who doesn’t wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard ()and overhears Juliet at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family‘s hatred of the Montagues. Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be married. With the help of Friar Laurence, who hopes to reconcile(和解) the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next day.
Tybalt, meanwhile, still incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the Capulet ball, challenges him to a duel(决斗). Ro