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[[File:dicksee5.jpg|frame|Parting is such sweet sorrow...]]
{{quote|''"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
''It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun!
''Arise, fair Sun, and kill the envious Moon
''Who is already sick and pale with grief
''That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she."''|'''Romeo'''}}
It's impossible to imagine there are many who don't know the plot, but here's a quick outline:
{{quote|''Two households, both alike in dignity,
''In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
''From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
''Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
''From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
''A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
''Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
''Do with their death bury their parents' strife.'' }}
What, can't read Shakespeare? Fine, in troper's terms then:
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Note: The play's full title is ''The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet''. No one uses it, though.
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film starring [[Olivia Hussey]] as Juliet.
* ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'', a modern-day retelling moving the action to LA and changing the feud to one between rival black and Chinese gangsters.
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* ''November 30'', a 1995 Swedish movie with a [[Non-Indicative Name]] where the [[Official Couple]] consists of a Peruvian immigrant and repentant neo-Nazi.
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* [[A Plague on Both Your Houses]]
* [[Serial Romeo]]
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]
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* [[Adult Fear]]: The two main characters, who are just kids, take their own short lives for each other. While many people may have thought it romantic or stupid when they were teenagers, it's pretty unsettling to any parent.
* [[An Aesop]]: Grudges are bad; don't hold them.
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