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What is the point of the chourus giving us a summary of the play before it has started

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By having the Chorus spoil the end of the play before it even starts—Romeo and Juliet die, and only then do their families end the feud Shakespeare sets up similar possibilities for the development of irony, tension, and catharsis here.

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