The two households will continue to feud.
The families are engaged in a long-running grudge and now a new incident incites the grudge further.
The two households will continue to feud.
The line "from ancient grudge break to new mutiny" means that new violence had broken out over an old quarrel. The word "grudge" means the same as it does today, something that you hold against someone. You might nowadays say, "don't bear a grudge because I beat you in the beauty contest." The grudge in this case is an ancient one, meaning that it happened a long time ago. Maybe Romeo's great-great-great grandfather stole the girlfriend of Juliet's great-great-great-grandfather. It was something like that.
"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).
Do you mean "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."? The key to the sentence is "Two households . . . from ancient grudge break to new mutiny." The two households are two families who have an "ancient grudge". Ancient means old, right? So they break out in a new "mutiny"--a new breach of the peace. The rest is all trimming. We learn that the two families are "alike in dignity"--they have the same social status. They are in Verona, which is where "we lay our scene", or where the scene is set. The mutiny is making hands dirty with blood, and there is a play on the word civil, which means both "of the city" and "polite".
Usually we think of verse in terms of lines, and sometimes it takes several lines to make a sentence. "Two households, both alike in dignity in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." That's the first one. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, whose misadventure piteous o'erthows do, with their deaths, bury their parents' strife." That's the second one.
The two households will continue to feud.
The two households will continue to feud.
The line "from ancient grudge break to new mutiny" means that new violence had broken out over an old quarrel. The word "grudge" means the same as it does today, something that you hold against someone. You might nowadays say, "don't bear a grudge because I beat you in the beauty contest." The grudge in this case is an ancient one, meaning that it happened a long time ago. Maybe Romeo's great-great-great grandfather stole the girlfriend of Juliet's great-great-great-grandfather. It was something like that.
"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).
An ancient grudge is something that someone has been angry about for a long time, and new mutiny would be an active rebellion against whatever it is that this person was angry about. Anger leads eventually to action.
An ancient grudge is something that someone has been angry about for a long time, and new mutiny would be an active rebellion against whatever it is that this person was angry about. Anger leads eventually to action.
This line from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" refers to an old conflict leading to new outbreaks of violence or rebellious behavior. It suggests that a long-standing feud between two parties has sparked fresh hostility or disagreement.
Do you mean "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."? The key to the sentence is "Two households . . . from ancient grudge break to new mutiny." The two households are two families who have an "ancient grudge". Ancient means old, right? So they break out in a new "mutiny"--a new breach of the peace. The rest is all trimming. We learn that the two families are "alike in dignity"--they have the same social status. They are in Verona, which is where "we lay our scene", or where the scene is set. The mutiny is making hands dirty with blood, and there is a play on the word civil, which means both "of the city" and "polite".
Try reading the first sentence of the first act!: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. For goodness sake! It's a great story, Try reading it! -firstmate-
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 Montagues (Romeo's family) and the Capulets (Juliet's) hate each other. They have hated each other for so long, nobody can even remember why the quarrel started.Two households, both alike in dignityIn fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny ...At the ball where Romeo and Juliet meet Tybalt (a Capulet) wants to kill Romeo just for being a Montague.How fortunate we are that this kind of irrational prejudice no longer exists in modern society.
Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet From the Prologue (spoken by Chorus) Two houses, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...