Prompt A: Summary
In the town of Verona there are two families, the Capulet's and the Montague's who have been in a feud for years. Two servants from the Capulet family are walking down the streets in Verona and are confidently talking about how they would like to harm those of the Montague family. They begin exchanging these remarks with servants of the Montague family and these remarks soon result in a quarrel of swords. Benvolio, a Montague servant comes and tries to break up the fight and Tybalt comes and does the opposite by trying to provoke the fight. Benvolio tries to make the servants drop their swords, but the only person who is able to get the men to stop fighting is the Prince of Verona. He angrily speaks to them and says that this is the third outburst of their feud and swears there will be consequences to whoever starts another quarrel. Frustrated, the Prince summons Lord Capulet and Lord Montague to discuss the matter. The crowd disappears and Benvolio is the only one left with Lord and Lady Montague who are concerned about their son Romeo, who has been depressed lately. Benvolio vows to them and to Romeo that he will find out what is wrong and help Romeo fix his problems. In the end Benvolio finds out Romeo is suffering from his heart being broken and vows to show Benvolio all of the other beautiful women in their world.
Prompt B: Theme
Old grudges cause vengeance which results in the harm of others.
Prompt C: Questions
1. How did the Capulet family and Montague family become rivals?
2. What is the feud between the two families?
3. Is the Prince higher in power than Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet?
4. Why is Benvolio so loyal Lord and Lady Montague?
5. Do the lords from the Capulet and Montague family get along better than their servants?
Riley, you have very good questions that I think a lot of students have as well. For example, I thought about how the rivalry between the two families came about as well.
ReplyDeleteI like how you structures the theme in the form of the thesis statement-hypothetically you could create an entire essay out of it.
ReplyDeleteYou chose a great theme that really captures the scene. You also have some intriguing questions, that I thought of as well.
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