There’s Romeo. There’s Juliet. There are oddball characters with funny-sounding names. But that’s only half the story. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare tells the story of two feuding clans, the Montagues and the Capulets, brought together in fresh conflict by two naïve lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Give us a minute and we’ll show you how all the names line up.













