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      • Though historians generally agree that Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague were fictional characters, it’s possible that their feuding houses were based on real families in Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare set his famous tragedy.
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  2. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.

  3. by William Shakespeare. Student Question. Were Romeo and Juliet, as depicted in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, real people? Quick answer: The feuding Montagues and Capulets are based on...

  4. Jul 18, 2020 · Romeo and Juliet is said to be based on a true story. Some say that it was based on the Guelphs and Ghibellines, but another poet- Masaccio Saleritano- claims that the story, all but...

  5. Though historians generally agree that Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague were fictional characters, it’s possible that their feuding houses were based on real families in Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare set his famous tragedy.

  6. Romeo Montague is one of the main characters in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Read our Romeo character analysis below: After the brawl between servants of the two feuding families in the market square in Verona we are introduced to Romeo.

  7. Mar 11, 2012 · In Act III, after Romeo kills Tybalt for murdering Mercutio, Lord Montague convinces the Prince to commute Romeo’s death sentence to exile, since “his fault concludes but what the law should end, The life of Tybalt,” showing quick thinking on the part of a desperate parent.

  8. Juliet is also shocked when she finds out Romeo is a Montague. Romeo sneaks into the Capulet garden to see Juliet. The couple decide that they want to get married even though their families are...

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