1) Scene 1 is set in a public area in Verona, Italy. An important feature of this scene is that it occurs in public setting; as Shakespeare has chosen this place carefully to implicate that the violence, drama and occurrences in the play are not just taking place in private between the persons involved, but are involving the whole community around them also. In the midst of the first scene, it is featured in the stage notations that the fight escalates to involving several passers by, who were beforehand not affiliated with the scene at all. This comes to indicate that the conflict affects all members of society.
2) In the stage notations, it is stated that the servants of the Capulet house, Sampson and Gregory carry onto stage their swords and bucklers. This suggests that, as Verona is an area of such conflict (due to the tension between the Montagues and the Capulets), and that violence has been known to break out in public, the residents feel the need to carry weapons on their person for defensive reasons. The fact that the citizens feel the need to carry these weapons further supports the fact that the violence can happen to any member of public at anytime, showing that it really does impact on everyone.
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What initially begins as bawdy banter and mild threats escalates into a full scale fight, when Capulet Tybalt enters the scene and mocks Benvolio (Montague) for attempting to break up the fight between the group. Doing this, Tybalt provokes another fight, which is joined by several passers by and residents of the
2) In the stage notations, it is stated that the servants of the Capulet house, Sampson and Gregory carry onto stage their swords and bucklers. This suggests that, as Verona is an area of such conflict (due to the tension between the Montagues and the Capulets), and that violence has been known to break out in public, the residents feel the need to carry weapons on their person for defensive reasons. The fact that the citizens feel the need to carry these weapons further supports the fact that the violence can happen to any member of public at anytime, showing that it really does impact on everyone.
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What initially begins as bawdy banter and mild threats escalates into a full scale fight, when Capulet Tybalt enters the scene and mocks Benvolio (Montague) for attempting to break up the fight between the group. Doing this, Tybalt provokes another fight, which is joined by several passers by and residents of the