" The fearful passage of their death marked love, and the continuance of their parents rage, which but their childrens end, naught could remove, is now the two hours traffic of out stage " 1.) Shakespeare again tells that the lovers are soon to die. Why do you think he does this?

2.) Shakespeare mentions the lovers deaths as the only thing to end the feud. Why the repetition?

3.) What will be the traffic or subject matter of this play?

1.) Shakespeare again tells that the lovers are soon to die. Why do you think he does this?

Shakespeare is letting the audience know right away that they are watching a tragedy unfold. Nothing can stop the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet because they are "star-crossed lovers" and doomed to their fate. The whole play emphasizes that they are fated to die, that it is the only way to stop the feud between their two families.

2.) Shakespeare mentions the lovers deaths as the only thing to end the feud. Why the repetition? Shakespeare is again emphasizing the tragic and doomed nature of the "death marked love" between the young lovers. The repetition of the theme makes the whole prologue more exciting and dramatic. He's emphasizing the tragic nature of the play that the audience is about to see.  

3.) What will be the traffic or subject matter of this play? The subject matter  of the play is that the feud between the Capulet and the Montague family causes these young, innocent lovers to die tragic deaths. They will die because of their own "parent's  rage." And then, the feud will finally end because the parents will finally see, too late to save their children, that the feuding and anger between the families is destructive and dooms both families to tragedy and death.

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