Love

• The structure of the prologue is a sonnet, which is the traditional form for a romantic love poem --> this instantly depicts the story of Romeo and Juliet as a love story
• "Doth with their death bury their parents' strife" 


  "death" and "bury" together is a play on words as it emphasises the importance of the lovers' death. Their lover's death was not only an act to show their eternal love for each other but it also served to end the families rivalry --> "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny"

  The audience is told that the feud is "ancient". This adjective has connotations with something old, sacred and almost untouched; like a force nothing can break. This further reinstates the power of Romeo and Juliet's love as it served to break this feud.