The story of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo Montecchi and Juliet Capuleti, having met at a masked ball, fall hopelessly in love with one another. Owing to the great rivalry between the two families the two young people are forced to meet under cover. Their secret but happy marriage is devastated by tragic events: Romeo, having avenged his friend Mercutio, murdered by Tybalt, cousin of juliet, is forced to flee from Verona. The young girl in the meantime, so as not to marry the man who is being forced on her by her father, on the advice of Friar Laurence, drinks a potion which makes her appear to be dead. The message which she sends to her beloved the stratagem behind her apparent death, unfortunately arrives too late. Romeo, having returned to Verona, on beholding his lifeless bride takes his life and juliet, having awoken from her long sleep, on seeing what has taken place, stabs herself through the heart and dies in the arms of her husband. The families of the two young lovers, faced with their great love and the appalling tragedy, become reconciled. The tragic story related by Shakespeare is not substantiated for certain in the historical documents. There certainly existed a tale which spoke of a thwarted love affair and which finished tragically. Previously, Dante, having lived in exile in Verona between 1299 and 1304, in the Divine Comedy (Purgatory, canto VI, 106-108) had made reference to the rivalry between the two families: "Come to see Montecchi and Cappelletti ....... The critics, however, maintain that the two names stand for two parties (imperial and anti imperial) who were in conflict throughout the area of Lombardy and Veneto. The presence in Verona of monuments (Romeo's house, juliet's house, juliet's tomb) related to the story, provides a glimpse of a factual foundation for the story without, however, providing any certainty. In addition, there is evidence of the existence of a family named Dal Cappello which might recall that of the Capuleti. Even if we cannot set the seal on the truth of the love affair and rivalry between the two families, it is gratifying to think that the story of Romeo and juliet did actually take place and that, despite its unhappy ending, it continues to be the symbol of the intense passion which can exist between young people.

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