This play is about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families, who take their own lives. Through a series of unfortunate events, fate and chance turn against the lovers. Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, marry in secret, but are soon separated. The two die tragically in one of the most famous examples of dramatic irony.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet literary conflicts
Storyboard Text
MAN vs MAN
"Curse you ROMEO!"
MAN vs SELF
"Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that not what it is!"
MAN vs SOCIETY
"O, then, I see Queen mab hath been with you... she gallops night by night... Through lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love!
Romeo kills Tybalt out of revenge.
Romeo is at war within himself over rejected feelings of deep love.
Mercutio laughs at the notions of love that society has created. In his "Queen Mab" speech, he constructs a satire of Romeo's love and insignificant dreams.