Question

[Chorus:] The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,

And the continuance of their parents' rage,

Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,

Is now the two hours' traffick of our stage

—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

Paraphrase these lines from the prologue in two to three sentences.

Answer 1

These lines describe the tragic story of two lovers whose relationship is fated to end in death and the ongoing hatred between their parents. That parental feud could only be ended by the lovers' deaths, and this is the sad tale the play will present over the next two hours.