"Ancient grudge"
"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny". The Prince has passed laws to keep the peace, but because of their feud, the Montagues and Capulets keep on breaking those laws and breaking that peace. Mutiny is disobeying your superiors; the Prince is their superior and has commanded them not to fight, but they disobey him and start fighting again (it is "new mutiny", a new outbreak of violence).
Reading carefully pays dividends. The phrase "five hours traffic if your stage" does not appear in Romeo and Juliet. The phrase "two hours' traffic of our stage "does. Please note that the only correct words in the question are "traffic" and "stage". The quotation is from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. The prologue is a speech given at the beginning of a play. Therefore, what does everyone who hears these lines given expect to be doing for the next two hours? Watching a play, of course. The traffic on a street is the people going up and down it. The traffic of a stage is the actors going up and down it, performing the play. So when the prologue says the feud of the Montagues and Capulets and the love of Romeo and Juliet "is now the two hours' traffic of our stage" he means that that will be the subject of the play which is about to be performed.
To answer the first of the three questions, Samson and Gregory make a rude hand gesture at some Montagues, hoping that this will start a fight. (It is not the hand gesture you are probably thinking of but it means exactly the same thing and is just as rude.) The second question is rather vague, although if you missed the prologue because you were in the bathroom or something, it would tell you that the people in Verona are quarrelsome, and especially like to indulge in gang warfare, where one of the gangs is called the Montagues and the other the Capulets. And Samson and Gregory are not very respectful toward women, and so likely do not have an idea of love beyond the most animal of lusts. Sampson says he will "thrust [Montague's] maids to the wall." And just in case there might be any doubt about what he is going to do with these maids, he says, "I will be cruel with the maids; I will cut off their heads . . . . Aye, the heads of the maids or their maidenheads, take it in what sense thou wilt". Whatever sense we take it in, it's not a pretty picture.
A prologue is a foreword or introductory section of a book or musical work.
All of the prologue, taken as a whole, is a sonnet. A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem with a certain structure. The Prologue is fourteen lines long and has that structure.
The Prologue to the play says so. It is interesting to speculate whether that is really so.
The prologue of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" states that the story ultimately results in the tragic ending of two families in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues, consumed by their longstanding feud.
The feud between the two families will end with the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, as their tragic love story forces the Capulets and Montagues to reconcile in grief and realize the futility of their rivalry.
The line that tells how the family feud comes to an end in the prologue of the story is: "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny." This line implies that the old grudge between the Capulets and Montagues escalates into new fights and disturbances.
The prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" sets the scene by summarizing the entire play in a poetic form. It introduces the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, foreshadows the tragic fate of the young lovers Romeo and Juliet, and highlights the theme of love and conflict. The prologue serves as an introduction to the play's themes and prepares the audience for the unfolding tragedy.
In the prologue, it is mentioned that there are two households, the Capulets and the Montagues, who are enemies. In Act 1, scene 5 of "Romeo and Juliet," Juliet and Romeo's initial encounter at the Capulet party echoes the prologue by highlighting the forbidden love and tragedy that will unfold due to the feud between the two households. Juliet's line, "My only love sprung from my only hate," underscores the theme of love emerging from a place of conflict, mirroring the central conflict between the two families.
1. There is a prologue telling them that it will be a tragic love story. 2. Act 1 sets up the emnity between the Capulets and the Montagues. 3. In Act 1 Scene 5 we can see Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but shortly thereafter they find out that they belong to opposite sides of the feud. This would not necessarily lead to tragedy, but we are prepared for that outcome by the prologue and various foreshadowings.
"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny". The Prince has passed laws to keep the peace, but because of their feud, the Montagues and Capulets keep on breaking those laws and breaking that peace. Mutiny is disobeying your superiors; the Prince is their superior and has commanded them not to fight, but they disobey him and start fighting again (it is "new mutiny", a new outbreak of violence).
The long-standing feud between the Capulets and Montagues is shown in the prologue of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," where it is stated that the families have been enemies for many years. Additionally, the ongoing conflict is evident in the public brawl between the two households in Act 1, scene 1, demonstrating the deep-rooted animosity between them.
The pardoner describes his motives as he preaches for nothing better for greed of gain. He craves wealth and possessions.
The Capulets and the Montagues are both successful merchant families. Both Old Capulet and Old Montague have large houses with many servants. The Prologue tells us that both families have similar social status: Two households - both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene ...
Reading carefully pays dividends. The phrase "five hours traffic if your stage" does not appear in Romeo and Juliet. The phrase "two hours' traffic of our stage "does. Please note that the only correct words in the question are "traffic" and "stage". The quotation is from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. The prologue is a speech given at the beginning of a play. Therefore, what does everyone who hears these lines given expect to be doing for the next two hours? Watching a play, of course. The traffic on a street is the people going up and down it. The traffic of a stage is the actors going up and down it, performing the play. So when the prologue says the feud of the Montagues and Capulets and the love of Romeo and Juliet "is now the two hours' traffic of our stage" he means that that will be the subject of the play which is about to be performed.