Question

ROMEO & JULIET - SONNET from Prologue

Answer 1

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 5
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, 10
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.

Answer 2

What is the subject or focus of this poem?

the audience

the actors

secrets

why families make peace

Answer 3

Secrets.. ._. Ahhmm...I do not know.

Answer 4

The text on the right side is a "translation" that might be easier to understand
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_2.html