the young noblemen of both houses use the feud as an excuse to pick fights. the servants don’t take the feud seriously and are disinterested in its outcome. alliteration chorus hyperbole pun allusion comic relief foil simile iambic pentameter aside dramatic irony metaphor soliloquy blank verse paradox tragedy characterization foreshadowing. the capulet-montague feud is petty, foolish, and easily blown out of proportion. the servants of both households use the feud as an excuse to pick fights with each other. the servants are more serious about the feud than their masters. gregory: say 'better: ' here comes one of my master's kinsmen. sampson: if you do, sir, i am for you: i serve as good a man as you.

gregory: do you quarrel, sir? abraham: quarrel sir! no, sir. sampson: no, sir, i do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but i bite my thumb, sir.

abraham: do you bite your thumb at us, sir? sampson: (aside to gregory) is the law of our side, if i say ay? gregory: no. What does excerpt from act 1 of romeo and juliet reveal about the montague-capulet feud? abraham: do you bite your thumb at us, sir? sampson: i do bite my thumb, sir.

Do you bite your thumb at me