Chorus: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
-Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

Reread the prologue, looking for details that provide
foreshadowing.

What central conflict is revealed in the prologue?
A. Two families have been feuding for years
B. Romeo’s love for Rosalind is not returned.
C. Juliet is forced to marry Paris
What event is foreshadowed in the prologue?
A. the marriage of Romeo and Juliet
B. the future of the city of Verona
C. the fate of Romeo and Juliet