Explain the role played by Nicola and Jacopo during the war in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
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During the war Nicola and Jacopo come to hate the Germans because the war destroyed their house and threir father was killed in the war. They join the resistance movement for their country's freedom.
The Germans were responsible for their ruin. They brought troubles for their family. Their father, a well-known singer, died in the early part of the War. Their mother had died much earlier. The bombing destroyed their house. The Germans occupied the city for three years. The boys hated the G. “mans. They were among the first to Join the resistance movement against the Germans.
Lucia, the beloved sister of Nicola and Jacopo suffered from a terrible disease. She was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. Her brothers moved her to the hospital and she lay there as a patient. She had made a good progress within those twelve months. It was hoped that she would walk and sing again one day.Nicola and Jacopo did everything to make her ailing sister comfortable and happy. Lucia was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. They got her admitted in a hospital. They visited her on Sunday every week. They worked very hard and did all kinds of jobs to earn money. But they didn’t give up and arranged to pay the bills regularly. They hoped that she would be able to walk and sing again one day.
Nicola and Jacopo were quite alone in the world, except their sister Lucia. Their father was a widower. He was a well-known singer and was killed in the early part of the war. A bomb had destroyed their home and they were thrown into the streets. They suffered horribly. They faced starvation and were exposed to the cold winter. They hated the Germans who brought all these troubles for them. When the war was over, they came to their beloved sister. They found her suffering from tuberculosis of the spine.
The boys did all that they could do for their ill sister. They brought her to the hospital and persuaded them to take her into the hospital. She had made a lot of progress in the last twelve months. It was hoped that one day she would walk and sing again. Lucia’s brothers used to pay weekly bills. The narrator was shocked to know the story of the two boys and their sister. He hurriedly came out and waited until the boys rejoined him. He drove them back to the city. They sat beside him and spoke nothing. Even he didn’t say a word to them. He knew they would prefer to feel that they had ‘safely kept their secret’. Their devotion, selfless action and sincerity touched his heart deeply. Their devotion to the cause brought a new nobility to human life. They gave a new hope for humanity.