In the play Romeo and Juliet, directed by William Shakespeare, two unfortunate young lovers cannot be together because their families, the Capulets and the Montagues, have an ancient feud. Their children, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall in love and get married, keeping the secret from their parents. Through a chaotic series of events, Mercutio, the prince's relative, is killed by Tybalt. Angered by the death of his friend, Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished to Mantua, a nearby, isolated city. Juliet, saddened by this news, goes to the Friar to ask for help and they formulate a plan to bring Romeo back to Verona, Juliet will drink a potion that will make her appear dead and Romeo will meet her in the Capulet crypt. Due to communication problems, Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, so he drinks poison he purchased from an apothecary when he meets her, and Juliet stabs herself when she wakes up and finds Romeo's corpse. Using the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare portrays the differences between appearances and reality using the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, and hidden meanings. Shakespeare uses the marriage between Romeo and Juliet to identify the differences between appearances and reality by the contrast between Friar Laurence's intentions and the results. After spending the night in the Capulet garden with Juliet, Romeo goes to Friar Laurence to ask him to marry them. When Friar Laurence agrees to marry them, he does so because he means well: “For this alliance may so happily prove to turn the rancor of thy house into pure love” (2.4.98-99). Friar Lawrence's intentions in marrying Romeo and Juliet are to bridge the gap and heal the rift between the two families, as we... middle of paper ......satisfied/ with Romeo until I see him - dead - / It is my poor heart… Oh, how my heart abhors/ To hear his name and cannot come to him/ To pour out the love I bore to my cousin” (3.5.98-106). Although it appears to Lady Capulet that Juliet is verbally expressing that Juliet will never be satisfied until she holds the dead Romeo in her arms, in reality it denotes that she will never be content until she holds Romeo in her arms, and that her poor heart is dead . The hidden meaning of her speech is obvious to the audience, but she has to speak using doublespeak to hide her real feelings towards Romeo because her mother would be exasperated if she revealed her true feelings. In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, written by the influential and famous playwright William Shakespeare, Shakespeare shows the distinction between appearance and reality through the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, .