The words from the Prologue in bold refer to whom? From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers ta
ke their life; The children of the feuding families The leaders of the feuding families The neighbors of the feuding families The daughters of the feuding families
"A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" foreshadows the tragic end of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Both belong to different families that are in enmity. The words from the prologue refer to the children of these two houses. The Capulets' child is Juliet whereas the Montagues' child is Romeo. The fact that they cannot openly express the love they feel for each other forces them to take their own life if one cannot have the other.
The speech is very focued, he seems to have his mind set to it, the tone relates to this situation in the text because they are talking about before death, and he is saying how he wants to stay the same when he dies like his body would stay the same.
Mrs. Flowers says that Marguerite must understand that people come from different life circumstances. She must be tolerant of ignorance and understanding of illiteracy. She explains that some of the greatest thinkers and humanitarians in history never opened a book.
