I. Timelessness of Romeo and Juliet A. It is a situation that has been going on since the beginning of civilization: young love opposed by circumstances or grownups that makes it turn it into a tragedy. It is a sure-fire subject to engage every human heart. B. Although every great writer throughout the ages has recognized the potential of this and many have taken a shot at it, no one has done it as well, for characterizations of the people involved, for the circumstance that dooms it to a tragedy, for the dialog …show more content…
The Background of Romeo And Juliet A. The play was composed no later than 1596, because Hundson’s acting troupe went by a different name after this date. B. Romeo and Juliet was popular during Shakespeare’s time, but over the centuries it has become nothing short of an omnipresent. III. The story, prologue, and fate of Romeo and Juliet A. As a prologue to the play, the chorus enters. In a fourteen line-sonnet, the Chorus describes two noble households in the city of Verona. B. The houses hold an “ancient grudge” against each other that remains a source of violent and bloody conflict. Montagues and Capulets were life long enemies that were destined to end in blood and tragedy, from the start of it all. IV. The meaning of of star-crossed in Romeo and Juliet A. Star-crossed lovers refers to any lovers whose affection for each other is doomed to end in tragedy, as is described by Shakespeare. B. Romeo and Juliet are archetypal star-crossed lovers because they are not able to be together because their families do not get along with one another. Their love is doomed by fate and and both of their lives are lost. V. Romeo and Juliet’s personal