Who Misadventured Piteous Overthrows?

Who Misadventured Piteous Overthrows?

ORIGINAL PROLOGUE
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The which, if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Who says From ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean?

"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." Shakespeare opens his play with the first line, illustrating the "ancient" grudge that has been happening in Verona.

What does forth the fatal loins mean?

Romeo and Juliet, Prologue:

"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life." ... This pun refers to the fatal blood lines of Romeo and Juliet – the families that they descended from are the reason for their death, as well as their 'loins' (their physical relationship).

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