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//Help compile a summary of what happens in each scene. Try to use line numbers where possible to make future referencing easier: // __Who is in it__ Sampson **Capulet** Gregory **Capulet** Abram **Montague** Benvolio **Montague** Tybalt **Capulet** Officers Lady Capulet **Capulet** Capulet **Capulet** Lady Montague **Montague** Montague **Montague** Prince Escales Romeo **Montague**

__When and where it is__ The first scene takes place in a public place in the streets of Verona with Gregory and Sampson (Capulet) walking around talking.

__Plot details__ They start making sex jokes. Then they get in a fight with Abram and Tybalt who are Capulets. Benvolio tries to stop the fight when Tybalt enters and still wants to fight. Then the Prince enters and says he will kill the heads of the families if they have a big fight again. Benvolio and Montague discuss Romeo's depression. Then Romeo enters and is emo about his "love" with Rosaline. For the rest of the scene, Benvolio and Romeo discuss his failed love with Rosaline. (Allen)

__Recurring Themes__


 * Women being inferior to Men
 * Family vs. Family
 * Montegues vs. Capulet

__Recurring Images__


 * "being thrust to the wall"
 * (sex jokes)
 * Fighting and Quarrels

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 * Act 1 Scene 1 (1996)**

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 * Act 1 Scene 1 (1968)**

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