How are the Montagues and Capulets different?

The Capulets can be described as being the more cold and domineering family in comparison to the Montagues who are more gentle and less aggressive.

What did the Montagues and Capulets do?

Then, the families of Montagues (in Italian, “Montecchi”) and Capulets (in Italian, “Capuleti”), two reputed houses of Italy, were fighting over political supremacy. Both of the houses wanted to assert their power over the other. They tried to get the attention of the king of Italy.

What was the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets?

The main feud of the families begins in the ball arranged by the Capulets. For Romeo’s sneaking into the Capulet ball, Tybaltgets angry and challenges him into a fight. In this way, the feud between families takes place in the drama. It leads to Romeo’s banishment from Verona.

How are the Montagues and Capulets reconciled in Romeo and Juliet?

Montagues and Capulets in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet get reconciled after the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. In the climax of the play, both Romeo and Juliet kill themselves for their inability to sense the difference between “appearance and reality”. After that, the Montagues and Capulets meet at the tombs of Romeo and Juliet.

How are Lord Capulet and Lady Montague different?

Lord Capulet makes an aggressive kind of a father who denies all the happiness to her daughter, Juliet. He simply tries to rob her personal freedom. In the Montague family, Lord Montague and Lady Montague both treat their son as a human being, not as their property. Their endless love for their son never ceases until the end of the play.

Who is the composer of Montagues and Capulets?

(January 2015) Montagues and Capulets is a work of classical music written by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. The piece is the first one in the Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter, which consists of two parts from his 1935 ballet Romeo and Juliet. He wrote versions for both orchestra and piano.