Table of Contents
- 1 What happens to the feud between the Montagues and Capulets at the end of the play?
- 2 Why were the Capulet and Montague fighting?
- 3 What do we learn about the two main families from the Prince?
- 4 What does each of the families do to honor each other’s child?
- 5 Did the feud between Montague and the Capulets ever end?
- 6 Why is the Prince angry with the Montagues and Capulets?
What happens to the feud between the Montagues and Capulets at the end of the play?
In the last lines of the play, the Capulets and Montague agree to end their ancient feud and plan to erect gold statues of their children’s likenesses. For, as we learned in the Prologue, the only thing that would end the fighting between the two families would be the death of Romeo and Juliet.
Why were the Capulet and Montague fighting?
The beginning prologue only mentions that the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues stemmed from a grudge between the two families. In the opening of Act 1, we see that even the presence of a Capulet or a Montague can instantaneously start a fight because of the hatred they felt for each other.
Do the Capulets and Montagues reconcile?
SO, although I’ll admit that most of the words of professed reconciliation come from the Prince and not the heads of the feuding families themselves (which in itself is a bit disturbing), the heads of the Montague and Capulet families do participate in a few of their final statements of the play.
Why did the Montagues and Capulets hate each other?
In the prologue it says that the hatred between the two families is ancient. The Montague’s and Capulet’s hated each other, because their families have been at an ancient feud and they are just maintaining what their ancestors did. They hate each other because of the reason for the feud between them.
What do we learn about the two main families from the Prince?
What do we learn? The Montagues and Capulets are rival families who regularly fight each other. The Prince warns Lord Capulet and Lord Montague that if there is another fight they shall pay for it with their lives. Romeo is in love with Rosaline.
What does each of the families do to honor each other’s child?
What does each of the families do to honor each other’s child? They both are going to make gold statues of the other’s child.
Why do the Montagues and the Capulets hate each other?
The Montague’s and Capulet’s hated each other, because their families have been at an ancient feud and they are just maintaining what their ancestors did. Shakespeare does not give a out front reason for why the families hate each other.
What starts the fued between the Capulets and Montagues?
The beginning prologue only mentions that the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues stemmed from a grudge between the two families. In the opening of Act 1, we see that even the presence of a Capulet or a Montague can instantaneously start a fight because of the hatred they felt for each other.
Did the feud between Montague and the Capulets ever end?
Romeo’s family, the Montagues, and Juliet’s family, the Capulets, are entrenched in a centuries long feud, with no end in sight . The two lovers are caught in the crossfire and as a result, their love is stuck in gridlock.
Why is the Prince angry with the Montagues and Capulets?
The prince is angry with the Lords Capulet and Montague because they are the patriarchs of the two feuding families which,over a short period of time, contaminate Verona with brawls, death and tragedy.