Matching Pairs Act I PrologueOnline version Match the lines of the original text with the modern-day translation. by Megan DeRuiter 1 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, 2 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, 3 The fearful passage of their death-marked love, 4 Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. 5 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 6 The which if you with patient ears attend, 7 What here shall miss, our toils shall strive to mend. 8 Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; 9 And the continuance of their parents’ rage, 10 Which, but their children’s end naught could remove, 11 Whose misadventured piteous overthrows 12 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 13 A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; 14 Two households, both alike in dignity, is an old fight that is resurfacing, Their unlucky, tragic actions The tragic love story Two families of the same social and economic standing, and ongoing family fighting, is what you (the audience) will be watching in this 2 hour long play. The kids of these two enemies Will with their death, end the families’ feud. in Verona, where the story takes place, If you (the audience) listen well and pay attention, where civil people are acting uncivilized. ended by the death of their children, We (actors) will work to clear up an-ything we left out of this prologue. are fated to be together and will commit suicide;
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