Comparing Lord Capulet's Romeo And Juliet

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Lord Capulet just last night has hosted a magnificent ball, which was held at his great mansion. The ball was a masked ball and many big names were invited some of them include Signior Placentio accompanied by his nieces and also Signior Martino with his wife and his daughters.
Lord Capulet himself started off the night with a speech, where he welcomed everyone to the ball and also encouraged everyone to dance, he said “Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes unplagu’d with corns will walk a bout with you”. A word that has been going around at the ball was that the entre ball was arranged by Lord Capulet so his beautiful daughter could be introduced to society and also meet that someone.

There were a few rumours that having been

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