Who were the Montagues and Capulets?

Capulet and Montague are the heads of two feuding families in William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Their blood feud brings about the deaths of the title characters when Juliet (the daughter of Capulet) and Romeo (the son of Montague) fall in love.

Who were the real Montagues and Capulets?

The famous tale of Romeo & Juliet originated from a real political faction of 13th century Italy. Then, the families of Montagues (in Italian, “Montecchi”) and Capulets (in Italian, “Capuleti”), two reputed houses of Italy, were fighting over political supremacy.

What is the feud between Montagues and Capulets?

Tybalt and Romeo

Being a Capulet, Tybalt is very upset when Romeo, a Montague, crashes a Capulet party. This is the origin of the feud between these two, and it eventually leads to the death of Tybalt at the hands of Romeo, after he killed one of Romeo’s close friends.

What are the Montagues known for?

The House of Montague in “Romeo and Juliet” is one of “fair Verona’s” two feuding families—the other being the House of Capulet. They can be seen as the less aggressive of the two clans, occasionally making efforts to maintain peace while the Capulets are more often instigators.

Is Juliet a Capulet or Montague?

Romeo is the only son of Lord and Lady Montague. He falls in love with Juliet. Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet.

Was Juliet a real person?

Juliet never existed, but there is a sense in which all of Shakespeare’s characters are as real as the people we encounter in our daily lives.

Is Paris a Capulet or Montague?

Romeo and Juliet: whose side are they on

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Mercutio Montague
Nurse Capulet
Paris Capulet
Prince Neutral

Why do Capulets hate Montagues?

The Montague’s and Capulet’s hated each other, because their families have been at an ancient feud and they are just maintaining what their ancestors did. Shakespeare does not give a out front reason for why the families hate each other.

Was Romeo and Juliet a true story?

The story is, indeed, based on the life of two real lovers who lived and died for each other in Verona, Italy in 1303. Shakespeare is known to have discovered this tragic love story in Arthur Brooke’s 1562 poem entitled “The Tragical History of Romeo and Juliet”.