<P> A Chorus gives the opening prologue and one other speech, both in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet . </P> <P> The Chorus is an omniscient character . It appears at the top of the play to fill the audience in on the ancient quarrel between the, "Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene". It returns as a prologue to act two to foreshadow the tragic turn of events about to befall the new romance between the title characters . </P> <P> The Chorus only appears in the Quarto versions, not in the First Folio . </P> <P> The Apothecary is a pharmacist in Mantua who reluctantly sells Romeo's poison, only because he's poor and is also in desperate need of monetary support . </P>

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