Confused as to when things happen in Romeo and Juliet? Here's a list of events in chronological order.
Act & Scene-------Day---------------Time-----------------------------Event
Act 1----------------Sunday------------Morning---------Romeo lovesick for Rosaline
Act 1----------------Sunday-----------Afternoon--------A street fight between the Montagues and Capulets
Act 1----------------Sunday----------Evening-----------The Capulets get ready for their masked ball. The Montague faction gatecrash the ball- Romeo is disguised by a mask. Romeo sees beautiful Juliet- it's love at first sight.
Act 2----------------Sunday-----------Night--------- Romeo and Juliet meet and learn they belong to the opposite families of Montague and Capulet. Despite the conflicting loyalties to their families, they swear their love for each other and make plans to marry.
Act 2-----------------Monday----------Morning------------Plans are made for the wedding
Act 2-----------------Monday----------Early Afternoon-------Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are married by Friar Lawrence. The Nurse helps Romeo with plans to provide ropes to enable Romeo to climb into Juliet's bedroom as her husband later that night.......
Act 3-----------------Monday---------Late Afternoon---------Mercutio and Benvolio (Montague) meet Tybalt (Capulet). Mercutio is killed by Tybalt.
Act 3-----------------Monday----------Early Evening---------Romeo venges the death of Mercutio and kills Tybalt.
Act 3-----------------Monday----------Night----------Prince of Verona banishes Romeo. Unaware of the wedding, Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris.
Act 3-----------------Tuesday----------Dawn-----------Having spent the night together, the lovers, Romeo and Juliet part.
Act 4-----------------Tuesday----------Morning--------Juliet refuses her father's wishes to marry Paris and decides to commit suicide, rather than betray Romeo.
Act 4-----------------Tuesday-----------Afternoon-------Friar Laurence advises Juliet to pretend to take poison and fake her death. Knowing she'll escape, Juliet "agrees" to marry Paris and her delighted father bumps the wedding up to Wednesday.
Act 4-----------------Tuesday------------Night------------Juliet takes the fake potion.
Act 4-----------------Wednesday--------Morning--------The Nurse discovers the "dead" Juliet. The Capulet family learn their daughter Juliet is dead. The wedding plans are changed to those of a funeral.
Act 5-----------------Wednesday------------?---------------Romeo learns of Juliet's death. Devastated, he intends to return to Verona to see the dead body of Juliet-- he plans to commit suicide.
Act 5-----------------Thursday----------Evening------------Romeo looks at Juliet in her coffin. Paris sees him, they fight, and Paris is killed. Romeo then takes the poison-- just as Juliet awakens. Romeo dies, then Juliet stabs herself to death.
Act 5-----------------Thursday----------Evening------------The tragic love story ends as the Montague and Capulet families end their feud.
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