Romeo and Juliet Act 1
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- Act 1 Scene 1
- Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of this neighbour stained steel,Will they not hear
- Act 1 Scene 2
- Let two more summers Paris.
- Act 1 Scene 
- You're invited to the party.
- Tybalt, a kinsman to Capulet, sees Benvolio’s drawn sword and draws his own. Benvolio explains that he is merely trying to keep the peace, but Tybalt professes a hatred for peace as strong as his hatred for Montagues, and attacks. The Prince declares the violence between the two families has gone on for too long and proclaims a death sentence upon anyone who disturbs the civil peace again.
- Act 1 Scene 3
- The two discuss Paris’s desire to marry Capulet’s daughter, Juliet. Capulet is overjoyed, but also states that Juliet—not yet fourteen—is too young to get married. He asks Paris to wait two years. 
- Act 1 Scene 4
- Peter (guy on the left) invites Romeo (guy in grey) and Benvolio (next to Romeo) to the party—assuming, he says, that they are not Montagues. Benvolio tells Romeo that the feast will be the perfect opportunity to compare Rosaline with the other beautiful women of Verona. Romeo agrees to go with him, but only because Rosaline herself will be there.
- Act 1 Scene 5
- Lady Capulet is her mother.
- Lady Capulet asks Juliet what she thinks about getting married. Juliet replies that she has not given it any thought. Lady Capulet observes that she gave birth to Juliet when she was almost Juliet’s current age. 
- Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio, all wearing masks, have gathered with a group of mask-wearing guests on their way to the Capulets’ feast. Romeo had seen Juliet and forgot about Rosaline.
- They went to another place to not show their love in public. The Nurse arrives and tells Juliet that her mother wants to speak with her. Romeo asks the Nurse who Juliet’s mother is. The Nurse replies that Lady Capulet is her mother. Romeo is devastated.
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