Show the setting of one public and one private incident make the characters vivid.

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Some Incidents in the play takes place in the public streets, others in more private settings. Choose two incidents, one public and one private, and show how the

settings help to make the words and actions of the characters vivid.

'Romeo and Juliet' is a love story that ends in tragedy. The play looks at each character deeply and throughout the play; it is clearly shown how each character develops. The way Shakespeare has written the play shows how certain episodes make characteristics look vivid. There were two settings where the characters actions were vivid, one scene being public and the other private. The public scene was at the streets of Verona where a brawl was created and the private scene being at the Ball where Romeo and Juliet fall in love, 'love at first sight'.

Two Capulet servants walk through the streets of Verona, Sampson and Gregory who talk amongst themselves about the Montagues and ways in which they can make their lives below par. They talk about how much they hate the Montagues and what they want to do to them. They talk about fighting the Montague men and sexually assaulting Montague woman