Question

Enter several persons of both houses, who join the fray;

then enter Citizens, with clubs and partisans.

Citizens: Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!

Down with the Capulets! down with the Montagues!

—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

What do these stage directions help the reader understand?

a)The Capulets are the winners.
b)The Montagues are the winners.
c)Members of both families call for weapons.
d)Citizens attack both families with weapons.

Answer 1

What do you think it is?

Answer 2

i think its d bc they say "Citizens: Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!" so that represents that the citizens are attaking

Answer 3

but it can also be c because that could be them calling for weapons

Answer 4

I know what your thinking and agree, because they were calling for weapons. They were calling for them to fire. Then again it could be D because the citizens may be attacking.

Answer 5

yea its tricky

Answer 6

im going to put d

Answer 7

Yeah Mk.

Answer 8

wel thx

Answer 9

I think that the answer would be D because in the book and the movie each part of their family attacked the others with a weapon.

Answer 10

And they killed each other

Answer 11

thank s

Answer 12

they killed themself tho

Answer 13

not eachother

Answer 14

and how did you do that that was cool

Answer 15

Well yes but romeo killed himself and juliet killed herself

Answer 16

yea thats what i thouhgt you were talking about