Question

Enter several persons of both houses, who join the fray; then enter Citizens, with clubs and partisans. Citizens: Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down! Down with the Capulets! down with the Montagues! —Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare What do these stage directions help the reader understand? The Capulets are the winners. The Montagues are the winners. Members of both families call for weapons. Citizens attack both families with weapons.

Answer 1

From the excerpt of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the following instructions allows the reader to understand that "Citizens attack both families with weapons." It is clear that they are attacked because the people were shouting the downfall of both Montagues and Capulets.