Shakespeare’s Tragic Summary Romeo and Juliet

WEBVTT
00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:06.959
Do you know some English but still have trouble expressing yourself in social situations?
00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:14.720
If yes, then this is the right podcast for you to improve your daily English conversation skills.
00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:23.280
This podcast presents a lot of useful phrases and sentences you would never think of unless you come across them.
00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:30.640
It contains plenty of common corrections used by native English speakers in everyday life.
00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:51.359
It covers topics such as meeting new people and making small talk, dating and visiting friends, eating out, emergencies situations and doctors' appointments, car and flat rental, staying in hotels and travelling by air, shopping and much more.
00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:54.479
As always, I'll be playing the characters.
00:00:54.799 --> 00:01:00.159
All you have to do now is to sit back and enjoy your listening.
00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:06.400
The story of Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona in Italy.
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:15.599
Two families, the Montague and the Capulets, hate each other so much that they fight on the street whenever they meet.
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:29.439
One of these families, the Capulets, organizes a big party so that they can introduce their daughter Juliet to a rich nobleman, Count Paris, who has asked to marry her.
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:35.280
Juliet is nearly 14 and her parents are keen for her to marry soon.
00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:41.120
Romeo is the son of Montague family and is also about 14.
00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:58.560
Now Romeo and his friends decide that it would be exciting to go to the Capulets party too, but they agree that they must go in disguise because if they are recognized at the party by the Capulets, they might be killed.
00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:06.159
That night at a party, Romeo meets Juliet and they fall in love at first sight.
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:16.479
However, Juliet's cousin Tibot recognizes Romeo, knows that he is from the Montague family and he wants to kill him.
00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:23.759
Romeo hides in the garden and talks to Juliet when she appears on the balcony.
00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:29.680
They realize that they are perfect for each other and decide to get married.
00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:35.599
The next day they go to Pris called Friar Lawrence, who marries them in secret.
00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.759
Juliet's cousin Tibald gets angry very easily.
00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.039
He starts a fight with Romeo's best friend.
00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:51.520
When Romeo steps in to break up the fight between the two men, his best friend is accidentally killed.
00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:55.680
Romeo runs after Tybald in anger and kills him.
00:02:55.919 --> 00:03:10.639
Romeo is sent away from Verona by Friar Lawrence, the priest who organized a secret wedding between Romeo and Juliet, arranges for them to spend the night together as husband and wife.
00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:18.080
Meanwhile, the Capulates decide that Juliet must marry Count Paris immediately.
00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:28.479
When Juliet says that she doesn't want to, her parents are very angry with her, and her mother says she will never speak to her again.
00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:35.120
Of course, they do not know that she has already secretly married Romeo.
00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:45.439
Juliet asks Friar Lawrence to get her out of this difficult situation so that she can see her beloved Romeo again.
00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:48.319
Friar Lawrence has an idea.
00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:53.439
He gives Juliet a drug which will make everyone think that she is dead.
00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.840
When in fact she's only in a long, deep sleep.
00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:07.599
While Juliet is sleeping, Friar Lawrence sends a message to Romeo to tell him to come to her tomb and take her away.
00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:16.879
When the guests arrive for Juliet's wedding the next day, Juliet's lifeless body is discovered.
00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:22.560
Believing she is dead, her family put her in their tomb.
00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:36.000
Tragically, Romeo never gets Friar Lawrence's message that Juliet has taken a drug and is really alive, but he only hears that she is dead.
00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:41.360
Romeo returns to Verona and goes to Juliet's tomb.
00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:48.639
There, inside the tomb, he meets Count Paris, who has also come to say goodbye to Juliet.
00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:52.079
The two fight, and Romeo kills him.
00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:57.920
Romeo still believes that Juliet is dead, so he drinks poison and dies.
00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:03.519
But soon after this, Juliet's drug stops working and she wakes up.
00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:10.480
She sees that Romeo is dead, takes his knife and kills herself too.
00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:18.000
When the Capulets and Montague discover both their children dead, they are united in their sadness.
00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:21.920
The two families decide to make peace with each other.
00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.720
Till next time, bye bye.