How is love introduced as a theme of the play 'Romeo and Juliet', in the prologue?

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Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage,Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage. The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend
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[neworleansdeborah]

The prologue in R&J says everything, it fortells the two 'star crossed lovers who take their own lives' right from the beginning.

It's perfect for the audience, we feel that we know what is about to happen and it's terrible, and we know everything up front. The characters are just moving toward that destiny. But the story is so good, that it is easy to overlook the fact that the author gave us all the 'clues' for the ending.

 

[seesen9]

" 9 The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
10 And the continuance of their parents' rage,
11 Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
12 Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; "

You can find the prologue here: http://www.clicknotes.com/romeo/P1.html

 

[Tayler]

I believe it's the phrase where they mention the "two star-crossed lovers".

 

[Monkey Cheese]

I'm pretty sure it says like "two lovers strife" or something which wud be romeo and juliet. fatal loins. no wait...I have the book in my kitchen haha well that's about all I got ha sorry dude