Comparing Montagues And Capulets In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a wonderful and dramatic play by an incredible writer like Shakespeare. This amazing and great play is all about two young children that fall in love with each other. One is Romeo from Montague and Juliet from Capulet. Montagues and Capulets are two well-known families with high reputation in Verona of Northern Italy. Those two families hate and fight each other more that you can imagine. I know this because in the first prologue it says:” Two households, both alike in dignity”. This quote mean that a long-standing hatred has been going on a lot of years between two families. Further on the word:” dignity” it means a respected person. Shakespeare uses a lot of adjectives, similes, metaphors etc..., in the prologue. Examples

As soon as Benvolio finished they saw Romeo coming. Lord Montague asks Benvolio to talk with him because he looks warried about something or someone as he says:” Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow. We would as willingly give cure as know”. Benvolio agrees. Benvolio waits for Romeo and they have a conversation together. Romeo says to Benvolio that he has fallen in love with but she doesn't like him back and Romeo is depressed about that. Benvolio tries to make him forget about it but he can’t. Romeo also finds out about the fight and he gets really upset and angry because he also doesn’t want this fight. Romeo and Benvolio are two characters that think that they should keep peace and not fight Capulets anymore because that will bring a quiet peace instead of that dirty fight. I know this because it says: (Romeos speech” Why, such is love’s transgression. Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, which thou wilt propagate, to have it pressed. With more of thine. This love that thou hast shown. Doth add more grief to too much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. Farewell, my coz.” Translation:” Yes, this is what love does. My

Paris wants to marry Juliet at a very young age only 13 but Capulet says that they should wait at least a couple of years as he says:” Let’s wait two more summers before we start thinking she’s ready to get married” but Paris disagree by saying:” Younger than she are happy mothers made”. On the other part of house, we have Lady Capulet, Juliet and the Nurse. Lady Capulet wants to meet Juliet immediately for something important and Nurse finds and brings Juliet at her mother’s room. Nurse firstly starts to mess around but then calm down as she sees that Lady Capulet is getting angry. They speak for about Juliet to get married as now for her is the time to get married. Nurse also says that is time to get married as she says:” If I live to see you get married someday, all my wishes will come true”. Juliet says that she will try to see if she loves him (at the party) but nothing is sure. I know this because it says:” The valiant Paris seeks you for his love”. This quote mean that Count Paris wants to marry Juliet. Further on the word:” seeks” it means wants. So this mean that Paris wants Juliet as her wife. Shakespeare in the conversation uses lots of adjectives:” beautify”, similies’:” Why, he’s a man of wax” etc. Shakespeare here tries to show that in his time children married at a very young age. In Shakespeare’s time also the children married at really young age like 13-14 or up but on our time