Romeo and Juliet - Choose two incidents, one private and one public and show how the settings helped to make the words and actions of the characters vivid.
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ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT Some incidents in the play take place in the public streets, others in more private settings. Choose two incidents, one private and one public and show how the settings helped to make the words and actions of the characters vivid. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was written in the late 16th century. It is a play where two love struck teenagers come from enemy families and for their love they kill themselves for each other. The Public setting I have chosen to write about is the riot on the streets of Verona between the Montague's and Capulet's in Act 1 Scene 1 of the play. Two servants from the house of Capulet (a noble and well respected family in Verona), Gregory and Sampson are roaming the streets of Verona just teasing each other and just generally looking for trouble. When they see the Montague servants they want to pick a fight...

