There was a brawl on the streets of Verona in the beginning. The fight was between servants from the Montague and Capulet households. Montague being Romeo and Capulet and Juliet. Romeo's cousin Benvolio tried to stop the fight but was  drawn into it by Tybalt of the Capulets. The fight  escalates and more citizens become involved. The heads of both households appear on the scene. Lastly Prince Escalus arrives and stops the fighting. He forbid  outbreaks of violence and if broken this you faced the pain of death. Later Romeo becomes sad because of a girl named Rosaline. Benvolio tell him to forget Rosaline and look for for another girl but Romeo thinks that would be impossible. Then Romeo sneaks into the capulets party because of his friends sees Juliet and falls in love at first sight. Tibet sees Romeo and wants to start a fight but was told to keep the peace.