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What are the similars between Capulets and the Montagues?
This was a family rivalry that had been ongoing for years before the story of "Romeo & Juliet" begins. The cause behind it was never explained by Shakespeare. Romeo was a Montague; Juliet was a...
It doesn't say. To be honest I don't think there is a reason. The feud has been going on for generations and I don't think any of the living generations know why it exists.