Why did the Capulets and the Montagues fight in the first place?
Economic reasons? Politcal reasons?
2006-12-11 14:00:42 · 9 answers · asked by 2 days after my B day :) 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
There's no reason for the feud given in the play. It's a long-standing conflict between the two families that had probably been going on for at least a few generations by the time Romeo and Juliet enter the scene. Economic or political reasons are possible, but it could go back to something as small as a Capulet saying some little thing that offended a Montague (or the other way around). Any specific answer is just speculation.
2006-12-11 14:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare doesn't tell us that. Act I starts with them already in conflict. The *why* of the fight isn't important to the story, only the *fact* that it exists and that the protagonists are on opposite sides.
2006-12-11 22:06:35 · answer #2 · answered by Elise K 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"The mindless feuding of the two families is so ancient that we never learn its cause, only its consequences."-- David Bevington, author of Shakespeare: Script, Stage, Screen
2006-12-11 22:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by LULU1218 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No definite reason stated in the play. Any cause was possible.
2006-12-12 03:04:32 · answer #4 · answered by Doris T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people ever get into feuds?
Five generations back, somebody killed a goat.
2006-12-14 23:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Georgia Fella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hatred of their families more or less leads to their fight.
2006-12-11 22:20:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it never says y they were fighting.
we just got done reading it now we r gonna watch the movie
2006-12-11 22:17:01 · answer #7 · answered by Taylor 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Romeo and Juliet is great, I love happy endings!
2006-12-11 22:02:34 · answer #8 · answered by Energizeer 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋
political, i beleive they were the rivaling the "richest" rank... they do sy it was an ancient mutiny...
2006-12-11 22:09:00 · answer #9 · answered by Jane Doe 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋