Romeo and Juliet act 1

So far the characters are kind of confusing... I'm not exactly sure who's on what "side", but I can pretty much get  what's happening. As for the language; OH MY GOODNESS!!!! It's like a whole different dialect! They use such different words, they could be talking about something completely different than what they actually are... It is mostly confusing, but it seems like there is a tiny glimmer of understanding interspersed throughout. I really like it so far, it's much better comparreed to the Odyssey, plus I really enjoy reading it in script form, as we are learning about theatre terminology in theatre class at school.