- How are the Montagues and Capulets different?
- Why did Capulets and Montagues fight?
- Are the Capulets and Montagues real?
- What do the Montagues and Capulets agree to do?
How are the Montagues and Capulets different?
The Capulets can be described as being the more cold and domineering family in comparison to the Montagues who are more gentle and less aggressive.
Why did Capulets and Montagues fight?
The beginning prologue only mentions that the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues stemmed from a grudge between the two families. In the opening of Act 1, we see that even the presence of a Capulet or a Montague can instantaneously start a fight because of the hatred they felt for each other.
Are the Capulets and Montagues real?
The feuding Montagues and Capulets are based on the real-life Guelphs and Ghibellines of twelfth- through fourteenth-century Verona.
What do the Montagues and Capulets agree to do?
So, to conclude, Lord Montague and Lord Capulet, in agreeing to end their feud, pledge to have constructed golden statues of the other's dead child. ... Lord Montague promises to have a statue of Juliet built in pure gold; similarly, Lord Capulet vows to have one fashioned like Romeo.