Capulet Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Capulet vs. Montague

Have you ever seen two families or people in a feud, have they ever taken actions that would provoke the other group. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare the main characters are separated by a family feud. They however, fall in love and get married, separated by only a name, they love each other. Unfortunately, one day they are discovered by the families and consequences follow. The feud between the two families is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
The Capulets and the Montagues have hated each other for ages, and have a severe disliking for each other. The first scene of the book even starts with an encounter between servants of the two families, they proceed to fight and face consequences

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