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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Romeo And Juliet: Act 1

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Jenkin, Leonard
Affiliation: Department Of English, Columbia University

Romeo And Juliet: Act 1

Prologue

The play opens with a sonnet spoken by a chorus. (Actually, the prologue
was probably spoken by a single actor, the same actor who will speak the
sonnet at the beginning of Act II.) These fourteen lines outline the action of
the play and its effect on the lives of the characters. In Verona, a pleasant
Italian town, two equally important families which have long harbored grudges
against each other break out into open feud. Romeo, son ...

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