* 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.