Romeo and Juliet is a play written by PERSONS NAME, about two lovers who cannot be together because of their families conflict. The story is set in Verona, COUNTRY, in the 1500s. The story begins with members of the Montague family and the PERSONS NAME family fighting, the prince threatens NOUN if their family's fight again. We are then introduced to Romeo, who is sad because his crush, PERSONS NAME , doesn't love him back. Then, Romeo's friend, PERSONS NAME invites him to a masquerade ball. Although, Romeo does not know the ball is being hosted by the PERSONS NAME . He meets Juliet, and they fall in NOUN with each other instantly. After the party, Romeo climbs up to Juliets NOUN to confess his feelings to her. As he leaves, he promises to arrange a secret NOUN, and for Juliet to let her NOUN know the details the next morning. PERSONS NAME gets Romeo and Juliet married immediately. Then, Juliet's cousin, PERSONS NAME challenges Romeo to a duel. Romeo doesn't want to fight, but PERSONS NAME takes his place instead. As Romeo tries to break them up, Tybalt VERB Mercutio. Because Tybalt killed his friend, Romeo is angered, and kills Tybalt. The prince arrives, and instead of executing him, he VERB Romeo instead.