Adapted from Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare ACT I PROLOGUE 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 misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.* * * SCENE III. A room in Capulet's house. Enter LADY CAPULET and NURSELADY CAPULET Nurse, where's my daughter? call her forth to me. NURSE Now, by my maidenhead, at twelve year old, I bade her come. What, lamb! what, ladybird!God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!Enter JULIETJULIET How now! who calls?NURSE Your mother. JULIET Madam, I am here. What is your will?LADY CAPULET This is the matter:—Nurse, give leave awhile, We must talk in secret:—Nurse, come back again; I have remember'd me, thou's hear our counsel. Thou know'st my daughter's of a pretty age.* * *NURSE Peace, I have done. God mark thee to his grace! Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed: An I might live to see thee married once, I have my wish. LADY CAPULET Marry, that 'marry' is the very theme I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your disposition to be married?JULIET It is an honour that I dream not of. NURSE An honour! were not I thine only nurse, I would say thou hadst suck'd wisdom from thy teat. LADY CAPULET Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are made already mothers: by my count, I was your mother much upon these years That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief: The valiant Paris seeks you for his love. NURSE A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the world—why, he's a man of wax. LADY CAPULET Verona's summer hath not such a flower. NURSE Nay, he's a flower; in faith, a very flower. LADY CAPULET What say you? can you love the gentleman? This night you shall behold him at our feast; Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, And find delight writ there with beauty's pen; Examine every married lineament, And see how one another lends content And what obscured in this fair volume lies Find written in the margent of his eyes. This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him, only lacks a cover: The fish lives in the sea, and 'tis much pride For fair without the fair within to hide: That book in many's eyes doth share the glory, That in gold clasps locks in the golden story; So shall you share all that he doth possess, By having him, making yourself no less. NURSE No less! nay, bigger; women grow by men. LADY CAPULET Speak briefly, can you like of Paris' love?JULIET I'll look to like, if looking liking move: But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly. Enter a SERVANTSERVANT Madam, the guests are come, supper served up, you called, my young lady asked for, the nurse cursed in the pantry, and every thing in extremity. I must hence to wait; I beseech you, follow straight. LADY CAPULET We follow thee. Exit SERVANTJuliet, the county stays. NURSE Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days. Exeunt At the end of the Prologue, what do the readers know that the characters does not? 1 point
The death of the two lovers will end the families' dispute.
The drama takes place in the city of Verona.
Juliet is supposed to be engaged to Paris.
The warring families are the Montagues and the Capulets.