What is Romeo (Shakespeare)?
[[File:Romeo Juliet.jpg|thumb|Romeo and Juliet on a poster]] '''Romeo''' is the son of Lord and Lady Montague in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play [[Romeo and Juliet]]. He is one of the two protagonists of the story. Romeo falls in love with Juliet Capulet, and secretly marries her. Juliet fakes her death to rid herself of a parental marriage arrangement with Count Paris. Romeo is not aware of the fake death. He believes Juliet is truly dead and kills himself. [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Leonard Whiting]], [[Leslie Howard]] and [[Douglas Booth]] have played Romeo in movie adaptations of the play. Romeo is also a character in opera and ballet adaptions of the play. ==Other websites== * [http://www.opensourceshakespeare.com/views/plays/characters/charlines.php?CharID=romeo&WorkID=romeojuliet&cues=0&longlines=1 Complete listing of all of Romeo's lines] {{multistub|performing-arts|lit}} [[Category:Characters in Shakespeare's plays]]