Cameron Santoro

Blog#10

1/17/14

Romeo and Juliet Exposition

Romeo and Juliet is one of the best plays ever written by Shakespeare. Event hough it is a classic and should be read by everyone. How ever considering how English has changed since the 1500’s to the present day it can be quite hard to read or understand without footnotes or some other aid, But don’t worry, this is what my exposition is for.

The play takes place in Verona Italy during the sixteen hundreds where two powerful families, the Capulets and Montagues are having bloody feud. The play shows how grave it is with the two houses getting into a fight within three pages of the beginning of the play. Then the fight evolves into a full scale riot. After the brawl we meet some of the characters, Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio, and Tybalt.  

This is the essential information you need to know about the ,characters ,setting ,and situation the characters are in.