Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and
In addition to introducing two families in the play, this
Juliet.
excerpt helps
Two households, both alike in dignity, in
O describe the children of the families. of
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
break to new mutiny,
From ancient grudge
O build interest about what happens in the story.
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
O detail the part of Verona where the action takes
place.
foreshadow who dies at the end of the story.