Saturday, December 4, 2010

Examine how prejudice is expressed in Romeo and Juliet. I'm having trouble finding quotes to support the prejudice between the two families.

The reason for the enmity between the households of the Montagues and the Capulets in
Shakespeare's isn't explained anywhere in the play. There aren't any
tantalizing clues, no subtle hints, and no hidden meanings in the dialogue as to why or how the
feud began.

Why the families were feuding seems to be of
no consequence whatsoever to Shakespeare. The only thing that matters to him, and to the play,
is that the families are feuding. The feud drives the play forward from the very first scene to
the tragic end of the star-crossed lovers who get caught in the middle of it.


: Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona,
where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny . . .
(1.Pro.1€“3)

It's an "ancient grudge." That's
the only thing we're told about the feud. How did it start? Nobody says. There's no discussion
about it. Maybe nobody even remembers how the feud started.


Perhaps the feud started in much the same way that the recent brawling in
the...
















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