What is the point or purpose of each of the acts in "Romeo and Juliet"?

Look at the
parts of a plot line in a basic short story:

1. : background information, setting, character introduction, conflict.


2. Rising Action (and complications): events leading to theof the story.


3. Climax: the highest point of action in a story.
4. Resolution: the
   solution to the initial problem.

Each of the acts in
"" can be fit into one of these parts.

Thein Act 1 presents most of
the exposition of the story.  It is brief but complete.  The
characters (though not by name) are introduced, the...