Although she is barely a teenager, Juliet's parents are already trying to find her a husband. They seem to be satisfied with Count Paris, but Juliet is more captivated by a young man whose name she does not learn until after she has given him her heart. He is Romeo Montague, a son of the rival household in Verona. But Juliet does not care; she wants to follow her heart.
"O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die."
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