Lord & Lady Montague
People should leave the past behind them
Act 1, Scene 1
¨Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe," (Shakespeare 996). These cruel words are proving that the two families are still bitter towards one another, and if the families had let go of the past, they would be able to pass one another peacefully.
Act 1, Scene 1
¨Thou Villain Capulet - Hold me not, let me go,¨ (Shakespeare 996). This is a quote that shows that Lord Montague hates Lord Capulet so much, he'd go as far as to call him a villain. Now, if the families had let by gone's be by gone's, Romeo and Juliet would have a drastically different ending.
Act 1, Scene 1
"Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach?" (Shakespeare 997). Montague wonders who was the reason for the old argument to start up again. If it is so old, that they can't even remember the reason for the quarreling, isn't it pointless to even fight?
Act 5, Scene 5
"... 'I will raise her statue in pure gold...' 'As rich shall Romeo's by his lady's statue lie - poor sacrifices of our enmity," (Shakespeare 1102).