Romeo and Juliet

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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a world of violence and generational conflict in which two young people fall in love and die because of that love The story is rather extraordinary in that the normal problems faced by young lovers are here so very large It is not simply that the families of Romeo and Juliet disapprove of the lover s affection for each other rather, the Montagues and the Capulets are on opposite sides in a blood feud and are trying to kill each other on the streets of Verona Every time a member of one of the two families dies in the fight, his relatives demand the blood of his killer Because of the feud, if Romeo is discovered with Juliet by her family, he will be killed Once Romeo is banished, the only way that Juliet can avoid being married to someone else is to take a potion that apparently kills her, so that she is burried with the bodies of her slain relatives In this violent, death filled world, the movement of the story from love at first sight to the union of the lovers in death seems almost inevitable.What is so striking about this play is that despite its extraordinary setting one perhaps reflecting Elizabethan attitudes about hot blooded Italians , it has become the quintessential story of young love Because most young lovers feel that they have to overcome giant obstacles in order to be together, because they feel that they would rather die than be kept apart, and especially because the language Shakespeare gives his young lovers is so exquisite, allowing them to say to each other just what we would all say to a lover if we only knew how, it is easy to respond to this play as if it were about all young lovers rather than about a particular couple in a very unusual world When the play was rewritten in the eighteen century as The History and Fall of Caius Marius, the violent setting became that of a particularly discordant period in classical Rome when Leonard Berstein rewrote the play as West Side Story, he chose the violent world of New York street gangs New Download Romeo and Juliet [ by ] William Shakespeare [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Romeo and Juliet, abridged.ROMEO I m Romeo, and I used to be emo and annoying but now I m so totally in luuuuurve and it s AWESOME MERCUTIO Okay, three things One, there s only room in this play for one awesome character and it s me, bitch Two, you re still emo and annoying Three, didn t you say that exact same stuff yesterday about Rosaline ROMEO Who meanwhile, Juliet prances around her room and draws hearts on things and scribbles Mrs Juliet Montague in her diary over and over Beca Romeo and Juliet, abridged.ROMEO I m Romeo, and I used to be emo and annoying but now I m so totally in luuuuurve and it s AWESOME MERCUTIO Okay, three things One, there s only room in thi...I m not sure what annoys methe play that elevated a story about two teenagers meeting at a ball and instantly falling in love then deciding to get married after knowing each other for one night into the most well known love story of all time, or the middle schools that feed this to kids of the same age group as the main characters to support their angst filled heads with the idea that yes, they really are in love with that guy girl they met five minutes ago, and no one can stop them, e I m not sure what annoys methe play that elevated a story about two teenagers meeting at a ball and instantly falling in love then deciding to get married after knowing each other for one n...THIS This is what happens when you jump into a Rebound Relationship.So, when the story opens, Romeo is desperately in love with Rosaline But since she won t give up the booty has sworn to remain chaste, he s all depressed and heartbrokenAnnoying emo style His friends, tired of his constant whining, give him a Beyonc mixtape He takes her words to heart, and her lyrics begin to mend his broken soul His boys drag his sad ass to a party, and across a crowded room, Romeo spies his next victi THIS This is what happens when you jump into a Rebound Relationship.So, when the story opens, Romeo is desperately in love with Rosaline But since she won t give up the booty has sworn to remain chaste, he s all depressed and heartbrokenAnnoying emo style His friends, tired of his constant whining, give him a Beyonc mixtape He takes her words to heart, and her lyrics begin to mend his broken soul His boys drag his sad ass to a party, and a...Two things struck me during this re reading 1 From the first scene of the play, the sexual puns are drenched in metaphorical violence drawing your weapon, laying knife aboard, forcing women to the wall, etc , creating a stark contrast with the purity of Romeo and Juliet s love and language, and 2 Mercutio, the Nurse and Old Capulet are something totally new both in Shakespeare and also in English drama, that is, characters who are not only realistic but whose language completely reflects th Two things struck me during this re reading 1 From the first scene of the play, the sexual puns are drenched in metaphorical violence drawing your weapon, laying knife aboard, forcing women to the wall, etc , creating a stark contrast with the purity of Romeo and Juliet s love and language, and 2 Mercutio, the Nurse and Old Capulet are something totally new both in Shakesp...The people who dislike this play are the ones who view common sense over being rational, and prefer to view the world in a structured way One of the main arguments that come across is the meeting, falling in love, and dying all in a weekend when Juliet is but 13 We all must die in the end, so wouldn t you want to in the name of love than of an awful disease Perhaps the two lovers weren t truly in love, but their last liv...Why didn t they just run away together It would have saved a lot of heart ache.Happy 2018, everyone I thought I would get the year off on the right track by reading my first book for classics bingo in the group catching up on classicsand lotsOne of the squares on this year s board is to read a book published before the 18th century, and, because Romeo and Juliet is one of this month s group reads, I decided to mark off this square early Way back in ninth grade, I read Romeo and Juliet I happened to have a teacher who assigned us outside of the box assignments Happy 2018, everyone I thought I would get the year off on the right track by reading my first book for classics bingo in the group catching up on classicsand lotsOne of the squares on this year s board is to read a book published before the 18th century, and, because Romeo and Juliet is one of this month s group reads, I decided to mark off this square early Way back in ninth grade, I read Romeo and Juliet I happened to have a ...Romeo and Juliet The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families It was among Shakespeare s most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs t...Every emo fourteen year old s dream In bullet point form fall in love with hot boy girl delete as appropriate that parents can t stand tender words and some sex gotta find out what that s like major tragic incident that really wasn t your fault, you were provoked everyone s mad at you die beautiful death in loved one s arms parents finally understand how much they cared about you and are sorry they didn t treat you better when you were alive.So how d...

Romeo and Juliet
  • English
  • 20 September 2017
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 283 pages
  • 0743477111
  • William Shakespeare
  • Romeo and Juliet