Shakespeare didn't hold any grudges. He uses the phrase "ancient grudge" in the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet to describe the bad blood which was between the two families of Montague and Capulet.
Civil means the ancient grudge has filtered to the civilians and the blood suggest death. So that civilians die because of the ancient grudge.
The two households will continue to feud.
"Ancient grudge"
The two households will continue to feud.
The play does not specify what the origin of the feud was, only that it was an "ancient grudge". It is possible to speculate that the "ancient grudge" was the animosity between Guelfs and Ghibellines in medieval and Renaissance Italy. Originally this was a division between those holding that supreme power should lay with the Pope (Guelfs) and those holding that it should lay with the Emperor (Ghibellines), but as the centuries wore on, the Guelfs and Ghibellines fought out of an "ancient grudge" that most people had forgotten the origin of. Some of the older versions of the Romeo and Juliet story state that this was the problem between Romeo's family and Juliet's, but Shakespeare makes no mention of it specifically.
The Montague and Capulet families have an ancient grudge in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." This feud is the central conflict that drives the tragic events of the story.
Civil means the ancient grudge has filtered to the civilians and the blood suggest death. So that civilians die because of the ancient grudge.
William Shakespeare.
The two households will continue to feud.
"Ancient grudge"
Shakespeare was a playwright in England.
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.
The two households will continue to feud.
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.
In the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, the ancient grudge being referenced is between the Montague and Capulet families in the city of Verona. This feud has been ongoing for years and serves as the backdrop for the tragic events that unfold in the play.
The two households will continue to feud.
The play does not specify what the origin of the feud was, only that it was an "ancient grudge". It is possible to speculate that the "ancient grudge" was the animosity between Guelfs and Ghibellines in medieval and Renaissance Italy. Originally this was a division between those holding that supreme power should lay with the Pope (Guelfs) and those holding that it should lay with the Emperor (Ghibellines), but as the centuries wore on, the Guelfs and Ghibellines fought out of an "ancient grudge" that most people had forgotten the origin of. Some of the older versions of the Romeo and Juliet story state that this was the problem between Romeo's family and Juliet's, but Shakespeare makes no mention of it specifically.