A tragic love story set in the feuding Italian cities of Verona and Mantua. Young Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, from rival families, fall deeply in love despite the animosity between their households. Their secret marriage is doomed when Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt in a duel. To avoid a family feud, Juliet is forced into a fake death, which leads to a tragic misunderstanding and Romeo's suicide. Upon waking to find Romeo dead, Juliet takes her own life, sealing their fate in a double tragedy.