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Romeo and Juliet: Conflict

Resources to support the year nine study of Romeo and Juliet

Conflict: "If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

  • Prince Escalus, Act 1, Scene 1

The Tragic Consequences of Feuding:

Scene 1: "Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets."

Prince Escalus, Act 1, Scene 1

Scene 5: "My only love, sprung from my only hate!"

Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5

Conflict:

Scene 1: "If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

  • Prince Escalus, Act 1, Scene 1

Scene 3: "No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir."

  • Sampson, Act 1, Scene 1