Conflict

• "Shall I speak ill of him who is my husband?"
• "That I must love a loathed enemy."
• "O calm, dishonourable, vile submission"
• "This is a Montague, our foe

  A villain that is hitcher come in spite"
• "I am fortunes fool"
• "A pair of star-cross'd lovers"
• Context- fate

  -Greek playwrights often use the chorus as a device to guide the audiences response

  -The audience now know it is a tale of pain and suffering
• Context- loyalty/honour

  -Being harmed or even killed was believed to be better than backing down from a fight

  -Patriarchal society- driven also by masculinity
• Context- internal conflict

  -It was very disrespectful to choose who you would marry

  -The parents would pick it based on wealth and potential titles