Unfortunately I can't think of any quotes at all that
suggest that Romeo and Juliet were ignorant of the feud. On the contrary from the very
beginning it is clear that they are completely aware of the feud and what an important
force it is in their families, and how unfortunate it is that they have fallen in love
with one another because they come from the two feuding families. Note for example their
reactions in Act I scene 5 when they discover the identity of the other. Romeo
says:
Is she a
Capulet?O dear account! My life is my foe's
debt.
Whereas Juliet says,
upon discovering the identity of Romeo:
My only love, sprung from my only
hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too
late!
Prodigious bith of love it is to
me
That I must love a loathed
enemy.
One of the aspects
that makes this such a tragic play is that the two lovers are completely aware of their
situation and the situation of their families throughout the entire tragedy. They are
never and can never be ignorant of it for one moment.
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