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Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romance film based on the tragic play of the same name 1591–95 by William Shakespeare. The film was
directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It is a wonderful drama movie. The story happened in Verona, Italy,
during the later middle ages. It began when two families, the Capulets and the Montagues, were quarelling and this quarell had lasted for a long time. Romeo,
the son of The Montagues, felt deeply in love with Rosaline but failed to be together with her. His friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, tried to cheer him up and
then asked him to accompany them for attending the Capulet’s ball that night. At the ball, Romeo met Juliet, the Capulet’s daughter and then got attracted with her
from the first sight.
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After the ball party that night, Romeo watched Juliet on her balcony. He realized that Juliet loved him very much. After that, he made his presence known,
and before morning they decided to hold a marriage secretly. Nonetheless, before the wedding day ended, Romeo was kept for killing Juliet’s cousin named Tybalt.
Romeo did it because Tybalt had killed Romeo’s friend, Mercutio. His camaraderie toward his friend encouraged him to have a battle with Tybalt. Then,
the Prince of Verona had sentenced him to banishment. He then escaped from Verona without informing Juliet.
In another place, Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, arranged his daughter’s wedding ceremony; he had chosen a man he considered as the right husband for
Juliet. Juliet did not agree with the marriage since she did not love the man; her love was only for Romeo. Then, a friar gave her a drug containing poison which
could make her get into a deathlike trance until Romeo came and took her away with him. Unfortunatelly, Romeo heard the wrong information and he thought she
had passed away. He then made a trip to Verona and committed suicide by drinking poison.
Soon, Juliet woke from her trance and saw the dead body of Romeo. Immediately, she picked off herself with Romeo’s dagger. The two families, the
Capulets and the Montagues, found the tragedy has brought a deep sadness two both of them. It made them realized to end the quarrel forever.