Romeo and Juliet Scene Analysis
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Romeo and Juliet Scene Analysis
The Prologue
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
A modern film opening: scene notes
In Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, the Prologue is presented first as a television news report. The report introduces a feud between the Montague and Capulet families. A fast montage uses headlines, city views and images of weapons and police to suggest a tense, violent world. The film relocates Shakespeare's Verona to a modern American city called Verona Beach. These notes describe the opening so that you can analyse it without needing to watch the film.
Build meaning from evidence
Answer in complete sentences where appropriate. Base your ideas on the extract or scene notes.
- They have equal status or importance.
- They are close friends.
- They live in different countries.
- They have ended their feud.
- Their love is presented as unlucky or shaped by fate.
- They meet because they study astronomy.
- They are already married.
- They have chosen to lead the feud.
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