Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
The story concerns two noble families of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues, that have
feuded for generations. The prologue also explains that the lovers' tragic suicides "[bury] their
parents' strife." R & J are star-crossed lovers it means, that they can never be happy together
and they rather die before they live without each other.
The action starts with a street-battle between the two families, started by their servants and
put down by the Prince of Verona, Escalus. The Prince declares that the heads of the two