The Role Of Hate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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As Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet begins, a chorus appears before the audience and provides a short summary of the events occurring in both during and before the play. In this summary, they tell the audience where the play takes place and the aversion prominent between the two families the play revolves around. In the addressment of the setting: “fair Verona, where we lay our scene,” Shakespeare juxtaposes the word and phrase “fair” and “ancient grudge” (I.Prologue.1-2). Clearly, choosing the word “fair” to describe Verona evokes images of a peaceful place, where an “ancient grudge,” or a classic source for hate does not belong (I.Prologue.1-2). Beyond acting as an obvious phrase referring to hate, “ancient grudge break[ing] to new mutiny”