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	• Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2004 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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Would You Die For Love?

This is one of the best plays anyone could ever read. The story begins with a brawl between the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo is against the war between the families. He wants peace. Romeo is in love or so he thinks with Rosalind Juliet's cousin. The Capulets throw a huge party and Romeo wants to go hoping to see the beautiful Rosalind but what he doesn't expect is to fall in love with another. But, once he meets Juliet they fall madly in love without knowing they are sworn enemies. By the end of the night they realizes what they are star crosses lovers. This doesn't matter to either one of them. They are in love and Romeo promises to send word for her so that they can marry. The Friar marries them and they are happy for a little while. Romeo tries to mend what is broken with the families and his best friend ends up getting killed and curses both of the families. Romeo goes to Juliet and tells her everything. Romeo is then exiled from Verona. Juliet has been promised to another man. Her family doesn't know that she is already married. Juliet goes to the friar for help. He gives her some drug that will make her sleep, and look and feel dead. Then the Friar will contact Romeo and they can run away and be happy. This is the just of the play. I don't want to ruin the ending if haven't read it yet. It is a romantic tragedy.

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Freaky

We reading Romeo and Juliet at our school. It is a little freaky. I dislike the ending of the book. I do but I don't like Shakespeare's book. We are not allowed to talk about vilence at all at our school. That is what all Shakespeare's books. We just finished reading Macbeth and I also disliked the ending of that book. His books are too freaky for kids my age. They are better for 16 year olds. Here are the things that I don't really understand: does Romeo really die, Do romeo and Juliet get married? How can people this play and this book a lot? Why are shakespeare's books always really grouse and vlient?

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Hate, Love and Fate

In one of Shakespeare's most famous and beloved plays, true love is thwarted at the cruel hands of fate.

The Capulets and the Montagues have been rivals for years. However, this doesn't stop Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague from falling in love with one another. And so the timeless and beautiful story of Romeo and Juliet begins.

Both the play and the romance of the two main characters take off almost unrealistically quickly; the play is set only over the course of a few days. But what a few days it is. Shakespeare expertly captures the naive and innocent viewpoints of the two teenagers and his language is always metaphorical and flawless.

I found this version of the play extremely helpful, as it was the first Shakespeare play I had read and I wasn't yet accustomed to the unique language of the era. On one side of the page is the actual text of the play and on the opposite side is a list of words and phrases that modern-day citizens may not be accustomed to. This greatly increased my comprehension level of the book, and is a definite asset to anyone who isn't yet "Shakespeare-savvy". Happy reading!

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Beautiful Love Story

Romeo and Juliet is a compelling romantic tragedy which I first read at secondary school. I suppose that since the play is simple, it was a good introduction for me to the wealth of Shakespeare's genius. I thoroughly enjoyed the moving exchanges between Romeo and Juliet.

Here were two families, the Capulet and Montague that were in perpetual feud. The quarrel was going on for a long time that no one in the two families really cared to find out the root cause and if it could not be resolved. All that the two families cared about was to kill each other wherever possible.

Romeo (a Montague) falls in love with Juliet (a Capulet). However, because of the long-running feud between their families, they were married in secret by Friar Lawrence. They decide to flee Verona since Juliet was due to be married to another man. Romeo gets banished from Verona following his killing of Tybalt when he was avenging the death of his friend Mercutio.

With the dilemma that Romeo and Juliet were having, Friar Lawrence and Juliet come up with a plan for Juliet to take a poison that would make her appear dead and Romeo would come and take her when she wakes up 48 hours later. However, Romeo was not aware of the plan and when he turns up and sees Juliet apparently dead, he decides to kill himself. When eventually Juliet wakes up, she finds her lover dead so she also kills herself. When the two feuding families discover what happened, they decide to end their feud.

For those who want to start learning Shakespeare, this is a good place to start. The play is first class, simple and straightforward romantic tragedy. I love the play as it highlights the ultimate futility of all conflicts and teaches the often unfortunate and unnecessary tragic consequences of such conflicts.

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The Folger edition of Romeo and Juliet is very easy to read. The many notes and illustrations make it enjoyable.

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