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The houses of Montague and Capulet have always been at war until the star crossed lovers Romeo and his Juliet were foun...
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On the other side of the masquerade, three lusty gentlemen stride in amongst the throng of party-goers. They cling to each other's forms with audacity and lude action. Dressed in a dash of purple and with bright eyes, Mercutio Escalus catches the eyes of those around him despite his mask. Being the cousin of his highness Prince Escalus, all knows his presence the moment he strides into a room.
Then beside him stands Benvolio Montague, his other friend and brother figure. Between them is a stranger to the Capulet party, a peaceful and tender man. Dressed in a bluish costume representing an Egyptian pharaoh, he remains a mystery to onlookers.
"True, I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy, which is as thin of substance as the air and more inconstant than the wind," laughs Mercutio, wrapping his arm around the stranger in a loving fashion. He places a sloppy kiss on his jaw and swings his legs lazily about him. The stranger chuckles and pushes his arm off. "My mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night's revels, and expire the term of a despisèd life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death," he murmurs, moving slightly away from his friends. "But he that hath the steerage of my course, direct my sail," he prays, raising his eyes up.
Knocking their friend from his wishes, Benvolio and Mercutio drag him back into their embrace, linking each of his arms with theirs. They both place a kiss on his cheek and urge him to dance. He laughs and gives into them. "Oh lusty gentleman," he laughs, tipping his head back and entering into the dancing throng.
