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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by Shakespeare. The title characters of this story are regarded as model lovers even today. Summary of the Book This title belongs to a tradition of tragic romances of ancient times. It is the drama of tragic young love ending in suicides, set against the backdrop of a vicious family feud. Shakespeare set the scene of the play in Verona, Italy. Juliet, a Capulet, and Romeo, a Montague, fall in love at a masked ball. The couple is married covertly by Friar Laurence because the two noble families are enemies. After Tybalt, a Capulet, slays Romeo’s friend Mercutio in a dispute, Romeo kills Tybalt and is exiled to Mantua. Juliet's father now wants her to marry Count Paris. When Juliet goes to Friar Laurence for advice, he gives her a potion that makes a person seem dead. He proposes that she take it and that Romeo save her later; Juliet agrees. Romeo hears of Juliet's apparent death and returns to Verona, not knowing about the Friar's plan. After killing Count Paris, he finds Juliet in a burial vault. He kisses her one last time and kills himself with poison. Juliet awakens to find Romeo dead, and kills herself. About William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and writer. Best remembered for his plays, he is called England's National Poet and the "Bard of Avon". Shakespeare's plays have been adapted into several movies, and they are enacted in theatres around the world even to this day, centuries after his death. His works came to the spotlight in the Nineteenth century and he was idolized by the Romantics. A prolific writer and poet, he is also known for his poems, mainly the Sonnets.