Romeo and Juliet Prologue
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-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-marked love
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children’s end, naught 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.
Exit
1.) Prologue:
Antithesis definition:
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Dramatic Irony:
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Find examples of antithesis and
dramatic irony in the Prologue.
Prologue
Antithesis
Dramatic Irony
What is the author’s purpose in using antitheses and dramatic irony?
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Exit Slip:
1. Create a claim about the relationship between love and hate.
2. Love is more _____________________ than hate; hate is more _____________________ than love; what does
love do to hate? What does hate do to love? What is their relationship?
3. Create an image from Romeo and Juliet (Prologue) OR “Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo” that represents this relationship.
4. Explain the image in question #3 and give two more examples from Romeo and Juliet, “Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo”,
and/or your own life/real world that prove that your claim about the relationship between love and hate is true. 3
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