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Shakespeare often starts his plays with minor characters and lets the major ones come on later. This gives the audience a chance to settle down and realize that the play has started before the real action starts.

In Romeo and Juliet, this has the added benefit of demonstrating how things escalate: first the servants fight, then Benvolio and Tybalt get into it and finally Montague and Capulet are calling for their swords. It shows how the heads of families get trapped in the quarrels started by their servants. (A similar situation occurs between the white and red rose factions in Henry VI Part II)

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