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William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

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Play Study(Romeo and Juliet) Unit 1 Questions Prologue: 1.) The play is set in Verona, in two households. The setting of the play is stated by the prologue; “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona(where we lay our scene),”(Prologue,1-2) The play is set in a region called Verona as stated and it also states two households, both alike in dignity so the play is in houses or mainly in houses. Verona is the location of the play in two households because the prologue states it. 2.) The prologue foreshadows events in the play. The prologue foreshadows in this section; “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their death bury their parents’ strife.”(Prologue,5-8) That there is love between two individuals which is very significant in the play. The star-cross’d lovers seem to be dead in the end as it states they will be taking their lifes which indicates to suicide. This foreshadow can correlate to the last line which foreshadows the main conflict or parts of the main conflict by the indicated suicide may be the cause of this problem or conflict the play. The events foreshadowed are in the prologue. Act I, Scene I: 3.) The author, Shakespeare introduces with a fight. The fight introduced states in the setting that; “Fighting breaks out between Capulets and Montagues and the Prince must intervene to stop them.”(Kneen,3) The fight may lead

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