The Opening Scene to Baz Lurhman's Romeo and Juliet

The Opening Scene to Baz Lurhman's Romeo and Juliet

The play Romeo and Juliet is set in the Italian city of Verona, it is

about a blood feud between two families called the Montague's and the

capulet's. Two people from the Montagues and Capulets fall in love and

only when they die will the fighting between the two families come to

an end.

The opening scene to Romeo and Juliet is set in a public place in

Verona it starts with two servants of the Capulet family armed with

swords. They are ready to fight with anybody from the house of

Montague. Soon afterward two servants of the Montague household enter

and they begin to fight. The fight temporarily ends when Benvolio

appears and beats down their swords. After this Tybalt a noble member

of the Capulet family bursts in and begins to fight with Benvolio. The

fight attracts old Montague and his wife, old Capulet and his wife,

and the prince of Verona, named Escalus. The prince orders the

families to stop breaking the civil peace. He threatens the lives of

the combatants....