Romeo and Juliet - Scene 1 Prologue

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Prologue summary

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Covers the entire play

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The 'two houses' in the play

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Capulet and Montague families

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"Both alike in dignity"

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Families from the same social class

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Setting of 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Fair Verona

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From ancient grudge break to new mutiny

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New round of arguing between two families

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Civil blood makes civil hands unclean

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Citizens' intolerance leads to death

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Fatal loins of foes

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Parents giving birth to doomed children

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Destiny of Romeo and Juliet

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Fall in love and commit suicide

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Misadventur’d piteous overthrows

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Tragic actions of Romeo and Juliet

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Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife

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The suicide ends the feud