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Old 05-02-2002, 04:36 PM   #1
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Quick question about Romeo & Juliet.
Is there ever any mention about how the Capulet-Montague feud began in the play? Just wondering, thanks!

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Old 05-03-2002, 05:47 AM   #2
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I think Shakespeare purposely left that out... at least, that's the explanation I got when I saw the play.
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Old 05-04-2002, 09:11 PM   #3
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Nope - for some reason, no one ever knows why or how the feud began. We're studying R&J in school right now, too - just finished having to memorize 70 lines (eek)!
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I'd guess it's never explained because, in a way, it's like people everywhere... always feuding, without a reason that anyone knows or remembers...
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Old 05-09-2002, 06:36 AM   #5
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probably an ongoing thing from past generations.

i think their parents weren't best of friends...
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Old 05-09-2002, 07:37 AM   #6
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I think that the cause of the Capulet-Montague feud is left out in order to emphasize the absurdity of the fighting. Perhaps the members of the families don't remember themselves what they're fighting for, or only have a vague idea.
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Old 05-09-2002, 07:39 PM   #7
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There's actually a historical Capulet-Montague feud that went on in Italy that Shakespeare might have based R&J on...it started off with a pig theft...

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Old 06-08-2002, 05:32 PM   #8
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the feud was "born of an airy word" i read this in school and wrote on essay on it. it was "born of an airy word"
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Old 06-13-2002, 04:21 PM   #9
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"From ancient grudge, break into new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

It's an old problem, passed from generation to generation.

Wow, I didn't even have to break out my copy of the play. Thanks Mrs. Smith (My ninth grade English teacher. She rocked so hard!)!

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