In Romeo And Juliet according to the Prologue what purpose do deaths of and serve?

According to the Prologue in *Romeo and Juliet*, the purpose of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is to end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. Their deaths are seen as a sacrifice that brings about peace and reconciliation between the two families. The Chorus states:

_For never was a story of more woe

Than this of Juliet and her Romeo._

_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

Do with their death bury their parents' strife._