What is revealed about the Chorus in this excerpt from the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? 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-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 en
The Chorus is omniscient about what happens in the play. The Chorus is sympathetic to the lovers’ plight. The Chorus finds honor in the feud between the families. The Chorus is sympathetic to the lovers' families, who lose their children. The Chorus does not support the lovers' betrayal of their families.
That the feud between the Capulets and Montagues were ended with their children's death.
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