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Romeo & Juliet - Essay and Term Paper
Secene1 act1 commences with a lot of hate and violence. Two serving men of the Capulet family, Sampson and Gregory, enter the stage and begin the play in a conversation. They are in the city of Verona in Italy. Shortly, two other serving men from the Montague family, Abram and Balthasar, enter and engage in the discussion with Sampson and Gregory.
Benvolio, a member of the Montague family and Tybalt, a member of the Capulet family, arrive. Tybalt and Benvolio fight with their swords, but the arrival of Prince Escalus stops them. He warns them that if the two families do not stop fighting, they will pay with their lives:
Montague and Montague's wife talk to Benvolio about where their son, Romeo is. Romeo has been pining for the love of Rosaline. It seems that she does not love him in the helpless way that he loves her.
Montague and his wife leave and Romeo arrives. He and Benvolio talk about how he is desperately in love with Rosaline......
Total Word Count: 1442
Page Count: 5.7 (250 words a page / double spaced)
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