ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet?
A
Capulet And Montague
B
Breslow and Felsher
C
Fuech and Goodside
D
Dawson and Hurley
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Romeo and Juliet begins as the Chorus introduces two feuding families of Verona: the Capulets and the Montagues.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Verona, two noble families – the Capulets and Montagues – have been enemies feuding for a long time. When two Capulet servants brawl in the street with two Montague servants, the Prince of Verona vows that further public violence will result in death for the perpetrators.

Detailed explanation-3: -Capulet and Montague are the heads of two feuding families in William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet.

Detailed explanation-4: -Then, the families of Montagues (in Italian, “Montecchi”) and Capulets (in Italian, “Capuleti”), two reputed houses of Italy, were fighting over political supremacy. Both of the houses wanted to assert their power over the other. They tried to get the attention of the king of Italy.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.

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