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