good plot but the text is a bit confusing

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	• Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2004 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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Amazing!

I recently completed reading Romeo And Juliet (though not this version) for independent reading. It was amazing. Breathtaking. It blew me away. I'm thriteen years old and had to write out a "blue card" (a review of our favorite book that we write once a month.) Having to place this in a genre was horribly difficult for me. It is a tragedy, unlike many of Shakespeare's other plays, yet it is almost Realistic Fiction.

A month ago I finished Twelfth Night, which was interesting but nothing compared to this work of beauty and magnificence given to us by the Immortal Bard himself.

Putting all translation difficulties aside, I could easily say this is the best book I've ever read in my entire life. (And I know, doesn't seem much with my age but rest assured... I've read quite a many books.)

Reccommending this book to anyone who enjoys tragic romance novels and who is not easily frustrated by larger words. It is a must-read for all Shakespeare fans... for how could you call yourself a fan if you've not read it yet?

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet was one of my first Shakespearean plays, but I still love it. Each time I read it, it gets better and better. It's so poetic, and the way Shakespeare plays with words and phrasing in this play has yet to be beaten. And, of course, there's that irresistible plot...

In fair Verona, Italy, where this play takes place, two houses, alike in dignity, are feuding-the Monatagues and the Capulets. Romeo, a Monatague, attending an evening party at the Capulets in disguise (for if he went as himself he'd get killed), falls in love with the beautiful Juliet, who is a Capulet. Nevertheless, both find time to see each-other and fall even more in love. They marry in secret, but when Romeo is forced to kill the evil Tybalt, he is banished. Juliet is plunged into despair and hatches an elaborate plan to be with Romeo once again. This leads to their famed and passionate deaths, and, at last, the breaking of the feud between the family.

Many people like to make fun of this play (formerly me included) and call it a comedy, but I got so caught up in the plot that I actually cried at the end--just reading it. It's a sad story, but it's still so beautifully written and wonderful. A must on any shelf.

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good plot but the text is a bit confusing

My class read this book, so we went over it and thats what made it make sense for me, and once you get the jist of the language, you can understand it better. Im sure you know what it is about but im going to summariize it anyways. The Montague and Capalet families have been enemies for generations. The current generations dont exactly know why, but they still stay enimies with each other. Romeo Montague finds out about a party hosted by the Capulet's (Juliet's family) and he intends to go there to see a girl, Juliet's cousin. Since the party is a costume party, he manages to get in without anyone knowing he is a Montague. Juliet's parents have found a suitor for her, Count Paris. They make a deal with her that at the party, she will look at him and see if she likes him but if she doesnt, they can't force her to marry him (when you read it the line about that is something like "i'll look to like if looking liking..."). While at the party she meets Romeo and they pretty much fall in love at first sight. She finds out he is a Montague and he finds out she is a Capulet so they keep their relationship secret. Meanwhile, they secretly get married and plan on telling their families, hoping it will bring them to a truce. But then Romeo does something that causes him to be banished from Verona and so he and Juliet come up with a plan for them to be together. You probably know that it doesnt work out and the ending is not a happy one. Thats why this is called a tragedy... Anyways, its actually pretty good, even though its hard to follow somethimes and is so old fashioned.

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