The Love Story of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is an enduring tragic love story written by William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Shakespeare borrowed his plot from an original Italian tale.  It is believed Romeo and Juliette were based on actual characters from Verona. 

The Montague and Capulet families are feuding.  The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that any further fighting will be punishable by death.

When the Count of Paris approaches Lord Capulet about marrying his daughter, Juliet, he is wary of the request because she is only thirteen.  Capulet asks the Count of Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a ball.  Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse urge Juliet to accept Paris' courtship.

In the Montague house, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo, Lord Montague's son, about Romeo's recent melancholy.  Benvolio discovers Romeo's unrequited infatuation for a girl named Rosaline, a niece of Lord Capulet's nieces.  Persuaded by Benvolio Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline.  But it is not Rosaline who sweeps him off his feet - it is the fair Juliette.

 

 

After the ball, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet courtyard and overhears Juliet on her balcony vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred for his family.  Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be married.

 

Juliet's Balcony in Verona

With the help of a friar, who hopes to reconcile the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next day.

Juliet's cousin Tybalt, incensed that Romeo had crashed the Capulet ball, challenges him to a duel.  Romeo, now considering Tybalt his kinsman, refuses to fight.  Romeo's friend, Mercutio is offended by Tybalt's insolence, as well as Romeo's "vile submission" and accepts the duel on Romeo's behalf.  Mercutio is fatally wounded when Romeo attempts to break up the fight.  Grief-stricken and wracked with guilt, Romeo confronts and slays Tybalt.

Montague argues that Romeo has justly fought and killed Tybalt for the murder of Mercutio.  The Prince exiles Romeo from Verona and declares that if Romeo returns, he will be executed.  

Romeo secretly spends the night in Juliet's chamber, where they make love for the first and last time, consummating their marriage.  In the morning, he prepares to leave and kisses her one last time. 

  
Lord Capulet, misinterpreting Juliet's grief, agrees to marry her to Count Paris and threatens to disown her when she refuses.  Juliette pleads for the marriage to be delayed, but her mother rejects her.

Juliet visits Friar Laurence for help, and he offers her a drug that will put her into a death-like coma for forty-two hours.  The Friar promises to send a messenger to inform Romeo of the plan, so that he can rejoin her when she awakens.  On the night before her wedding to the Count, Juliet takes the drug and, when discovered apparently dead, she is laid in the family crypt.

The messenger, however, failed to reach Romeo and, instead, he learned of Juliet's apparent demise from his servant.  Heartbroken, Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and goes to the Capulet crypt.  There, he encounters Count Paris who has come to mourn Juliet privately.

Believing Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing battle, Romeo kills Paris.  Still believing Juliet to be dead, Romeo drinks the poison.

Juliet then awakens only to find her beloved Romeo dead.  Unwilling to live without him, she stabs herself with his dagger.

The feuding families and the Prince meet at the tomb to find all three dead.  The Friar recounts their story.  The families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to end their violent feud.

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लघुकथा : रेटिएको सत्य

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नरेशले बुवाआमा र आफन्तका मुखबाट एउटै कुरा सुन्दै आयो “मिहिनेती, इमान्दार, र असल मान्छे बन्नुपर्छ ।”

त्यही कुरा सुनी सुनी उसले स्कूल सकायो । क्याम्पस सकायो । खायो जागिर । गर्‍यो विवाह । र भयो दुई सन्तानको बाउपनि । देशमा क्रान्ति भयो । राजा फालियो । गणतन्त्र आयो । कैयौं हिउँद बर्षा आए । गए । कैयौं शिशिर, बसन्त, फेरिए । तर उसका आफन्तहरूको ओंठमा झुन्डिएका ती शब्द कहिल्यै फेरिएनन् । बरु ती शब्दले अझैं तिब्र रुप लिए । उसले कान पाक्ने गरि सुन्ने गरेको तिनै शब्द उसका दूधे छोराहरूतिर सर्यो ।

एक दिन असल गुणी मानेर गाउँ छिमेकले प्रशंसा गरिरहने उसका काका आफ्नै घरमा घाँटी रेटेर मारिए ।

त्यो दिन उसले सोच्यो “आखिर सत्यको गला रेटिन्छ भन्ने कुराको ज्ञान हुँदाहुँदै किन बाउआमा आफ्ना सन्तानलाई समय अनुसार चल्न सक्नुनै बुद्दिमान हो, भन्नुको साटो इमान्दर असल सत्यवादी हुनुपर्छ भनेर अर्ती उपदेश दिएर थाक्दैनन् ? ”

तर उसले ती शब्दहरूको सही निष्कर्ष फेला पार्न सकेन । अन्तिममा केहीसीप नलागेपछि ती शब्दलाई आफ्नै मनमा चिहान खनेर अन्त्येष्टी गर्‍यो उसले । खोक्रो आदर्शको कुनै मूल्य हुन्न भन्ने महसुस गर्‍यो । कसैसँग ती कुरा उठाएन । चुप लाग्नुनै भलो ठानेर मौन रह्यो ऊ ।

एक दिन मस्त जवानीको खुड्किला उक्लिँदै गरेको उसको छोरो अरुणले हजुरआमा र हजुरबुवाले दिने अर्ती उपदेशको बिषयमा तर्क पेश गर्‍यो “बाबा तपाईका काका जाति र असल मान्छे हुनुहुन्थ्यो । तर पनि उहाँको मृत्‍यु गला रेटेर गरियो । फेरि किन हजुरबुवा हजुरमुवा मलाई तँ असल, इमान्दार बन्नुपर्छ भनेर सुँगालाई झैं साँझ बिहान रटाइरहनु हुन्छ ?  यस्तो ब्यर्थको आडम्बर मलाई मनपर्दैन । तपाईले उहाँहरूलाई सम्झाइदिनुस् बाबा । मत डन बन्ने हो । किनकी म बोका बाख्रा जस्तै अरुको हातबाट हलाल भएर मर्न चाहन्न ।” छोराले बाउ सामु बिना हिच्किचाहट फाटफट आफ्नो निर्णय सुनायो ।  

छोराको कुरा सुनेर नरेश वाल्ल पर्‍यो । छोरालाई यो ठीक त्यो बेठिक भनेर सम्झाउने शब्द उसको दिमागमा फुरेन।

छोरो उठेर आफ्नो कोठातिर लाग्यो।

 ऊ भने एकोहोरो धुलिया लागेका पुराना काठका दलिन नियाली रह्यो।

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(लघुकथा ) अधुरो यात्रा

अधुरो यात्रा (लघुकथा )
By- मोहन शर्मा

आज धेरैपछि घमाइलो घाम लागेर पार्क नै सुन्दर देखिन्छ । घामको रष्मीले वातावरण दिपावलीझैं झलमल्ल बनाएको छ । हिउँले सारा हरियो नाश भए पनि मानिसहरुको मनमा आज कता-कता नयाँपन छायो । यसै याममा प्रेमी- प्रेमिकाको एक जोड़ी-हिरा र हामीदबीच अँगालोमा कसिँदै एकार्कामा चुम्बन गर्दै प्रेमको भाषा साटासाट चल्दै थियो । प्रेमी-प्रेमिकाबीचको विश्वासको घेरालाई उल्लङ्घन नगरी खुशीसाथ दिन बिताउने प्रण गरे उनीहरुले ।

कोहीबेला झर्किँदै र कोहीबेला खुशी भएर जिस्कँदै कुरा गर्थे । देख्नेहरु अचम्म पर्थे । यसरी नै कहिले पार्कको वरपर घुम्थे । धेरै समयसम्म यी युगलबीच भनाभन चल्यो, धेरै समयपछि उनीहरुको यस झगडाको रहस्य खुल्यो । हिरा चाहन्थिन् हामीदबाट एउटा बच्चा । यस्तै अवस्थामा उनीहरु आ-आफ्नो बाटो लागे । सबेरै घाम पनि नझुल्किकन पार्कमा होहल्ला मच्चियो । मानिसहरुको आवत-जावत अलि अलि थपिन थाल्यो । एक कान दोकान मैदान हुँदै त्यो खबर हिरा पनि सुन्छिन् । हस्याङ्फस्याङ गर्दै हिरा जम्मा भएका मानिसहरूलाई छिचोल्दै छिरिन् । अफ्सोच् !!! हामीद्को लाश मात्रै देखिन् !!!

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