Romeo was having some girl troubles so his friends Benvolio and Mercutio take him out to a party. He falls in love with Juliet Capulet, the only daughter of his family’s enemies. The two star-crossed lovers decide to elope. Juliet’s overbearing cousin Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt. This does not make things better. Romeo is banished. Juliet’s dad decides that she needs to get married to a guy named Paris in the next couple days, or he’s going to disown her. Juliet fakes her death to get out of the forced marriage, but this backfires when Romeo finds her and really believes she’s dead. Romeo and Paris fight for some reason (Paris loses) and Romeo poisons himself and dies before Juliet wakes up.