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The Fathers in Verona
The prince is at the top of the tree, as it were, in terms of status. He ostensibly has the power in that city, but apparently not that much agency to change anything. So iw'uld say it's really the fathers in this play who could change everything, but choose not to. They've they've created a culture in verona in which whole households servants and offspring are either montague or capulet supporter. The violence that verona is allowing its younger generation to enact on each other becomes intensified on the bodies of romeo and juliet. But there's also a structural point. Violence is endemic in this a split society. Tragic char s are