The sonnet of "Romeo and Juliet"

"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-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love, And the continuance of their parent's rage, Which but their children's …

…of allowing his readers to see his true purpose. I personally think that William Shakespeare was trying to show his intended audience the true importance of peace and unity. If people choose to quarrel and clash all the time, they may lose loved and valuable objects or persons in the process. Every man, woman and child should be grateful for what they have because they never know when everything may be taken away from them.