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What happens on each day of the romeo and Juliet play?

Act 1

* Day 1:

* The play begins with a fight between the Montagues and Capulets, two feuding families in Verona, Italy.

* Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, meet at a Capulet ball and fall in love.

* Day 2:

* Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Laurence, a priest who is friends with both families.

* Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, challenges Romeo to a fight, but Romeo refuses to fight him.

* Mercutio, Romeo's friend, steps in to fight Tybalt and is killed.

* Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge and is banished from Verona.

Act 2

* Day 3:

* Juliet is devastated by Romeo's banishment and refuses to marry Paris, a nobleman who has been promised to her by her parents.

* Friar Laurence comes up with a plan to help Romeo and Juliet be together again.

* Juliet agrees to marry Paris, but only if she can be given a sleeping potion that will make her appear dead.

* Friar Laurence gives Juliet the potion, and she drinks it.

Act 3

* Day 4:

* Juliet is found apparently dead and is taken to the Capulet tomb.

* Romeo, who has heard of Juliet's death, returns to Verona and goes to the tomb.

* He finds Juliet's body, believes her to be dead, and stabs himself to death.

* Juliet awakens from her sleep, but when she sees Romeo dead, she stabs herself to death.

Act 4

* Day 5:

* The play ends with the two families coming together to mourn the deaths of their children.

* They agree to end their feud in honor of Romeo and Juliet's love.

Drama

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