Young and passionate Romeo spent many sleepless nights thinking of his beloved Rosaline, but she continued to ignore him. His lady would not listen to his prayers and did not return his love. He loved a nice girl called Rosaline, but his love gave him no joy, only dull pain and despair. The son of Lord Montague was very unhappy because he was in love. But the Prince could do nothing to end the old dispute.
Moreover, frequent fights took place between them and the Prince of Verona, who ruled the city. So street fights and duels were always growing out of these families. “The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.” Rude and unpleasant things, which they saying about each other, often ended in a fight. Even a servant of the house of the Capulets could not pass a servant of the house of the Montagues. Frequent fights took place between members of the two most powerful families, the Montagues and the Capulets. They were both rich, and the city of Verona was divided by hatred.
Once upon a time there lived in Verona two great ancient families named the Montagues and the Capulets.
