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Summary: Review of Romeo and Juliet
Review: Romeo and Juliet is a tragic novel, but very enthusiastic and incredible. In my opinion best Shakespeare's play. It's theme is very attracted: a couple of lovers who want to be together no matter what their families say. Both families hate each other because of an ancient feud. Juliet was a Capulet and Romeo was a Montague. Romeo did many things for Juliet along the play.
The couple was ready to die if they had to. Romeo was exiled because he murdered Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, so he had to go away. But the lovers weren't ready to separe. So to be together they decided to die rather to live without love so that is what they did. Like Juliet said: "I'd rather be dead than live without thou love, Romeo".
So as a conclusion we could say that this novel is an example of true love.
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Summary: Romeo and Juliet, the tragic story review
Review: Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story written by the very famous English writer William Shakespeare.There are many books about this story and some movies were also made.
The story is about one young man named Romeo and a young woman named Juliet. Unluckily they fall in love.Each one of them is from a different family, Juliet of the Capulets and Romeo of the Montagues.This two families had been feuding from a lot of years ago.Friar Lawrence married Romeo and juliet,who becouse o killing an enemy(juliet's cousin)in the streets of Verona was banished.Juliet escape from verona to mantua were romeo was but because of a miss understanding plan both end dead. Romeo and juliet is a sad story about two youngs that wanted to lived in a free love but the family didn't permmited.
It is a difficult story specially the one written in a form of a play but it is good.
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Summary: romeo and juliet
Review: Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet is a love story with a tragic ending.
The rivality that the two families, the Montague's and the Capulet's, takes the lovers Romeo and Juliet to do something desperate. In the sexist society of Verona in that time women didn't had power of decision. Lord Capulet wanted that Juliet marry Paris, a rich boy, but when she meets Romeo all her life changes. With the help of Friar Lawrence they make a plan so that they could be together for ever, but the post man failed in taking and comunicating the plan to Romeo so the plan didn't work.
In conclusion we think that this play is a bit dense and a bit interesting.
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Summary: Review of Romeo and Juliet
Review: Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet is set in Italy in Feudal time, in which large powerful wealthy family ruled certain states as if they were small countries. The two main characters Romeo and Juliet belong to different opposing houses; Romeo and Juliet only find these out once they have fallen in love.
Romeo was forced to abandon Verona, leaving Juliet alone for a simple reason: He had killed the cousin of his only love, Tybalt.
Shakespeare describes a society which was extremely sexist, where women's hadn't the same right as the men. Juliet shows us that women's are more intelligent and braver than the men in some aspects.
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Summary: A real tragical story.
Review: Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet is a story that combines swordfighting, disguise, misunderstanding, tragedy, humor, and some of the most romantic language found in literature all in the name of true love.
In Verona, Italy , two powerful families the Montagues and the Capulets have been feuding with each other for years. Old Capulet, Juliet's father, throws a party to which he invites all his friends. Romeo asists to that party and falls instantly in love, but is disappointed when he finds out that Juliet is a Capulet. Juliet notices Romeo too, but she is unaware that he is a member of the hated Montagues.
The very next day, with the help of Romeo's friend Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet are secretly married.
On the day of the wedding, Juliet's cousin, Tybalt is out to get Romeo for crashing the Capulet's party so he starts a fight with his friends. Romeo shows up, but does not want to fight Tybalt because he no longer holds a grudge against Juliet's family. Mercutio is killed. To avenge the death of his friend, Romeo kills Tybalt, an act that will award him even more hatred from the Capulet family. The Prince of Verona banishes Romeo and he is forced to leave Juliet, who is devastated by the loss of her love. Juliet's father, not knowing of his daughter's marriage, decides to marry her to another young man named Paris.
In despair, Juliet consults with Friar Laurence. Then, the Friar will send Romeo to rescue her. Bad news travels fast. Before the Friar can tell Romeo of the hoax, Romeo hears from someone else that his beloved Juliet is dead. Overcome with grief, Romeo buys a poison and goes to Juliet's tomb to die beside his wife.
Inside the vault, Romeo drinks the poison and kisses his last breath next to his sleeping wife.
Moments later, Juliet awakens to see her husband's dead body. With no reason left to live, Juliet kills herself with Romeo's dagger.
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Summary: romeo and juliet
Review: This book was written by William Shakespeare and it has the old language. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story, interesting, full of problems and the story is attractive. The story is about 2 families that are in a feud. The families are Capulet and Montague. Romeo Montague is a boy who is very romantic. He falls in love with Juliet Capulet. Romeo tries to be with Juliet and Juliet too but because of the feud they can't be together. The pair have friends who help them. Many deaths are involved in the story. After the problems they plan to be together. In the end the pair dies because of love.
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Summary: Romeo and Juliet
Review: This is a love story. Juliet is one of the main character. She is in love with Romeo, a Montague, who by his surname is her enemy. Anyway they love each other and want to get marry. Friar Lawrence, one of Romeo's friends, accepts to do this. That same day Romeo is exiled to Mantua because he kills Tybalt, her wives cousin. Lord Capulet, Juliet's father, anounces her that she has to marry County Paris, without knowing she is already a wife. As she can't tell her father the truth, and doesn't want to besiege Romeo, she decides to ask Friar Lawrence a solution for her problem. He has a good idea but it fails, and both lovers die.
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Summary: A logical pairing of 2 great theatrical works
Review: This is two books in one: the text of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" and the text of "West Side Story," the 20th century musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The book also includes an introduction by Norris Houghton, who notes, among other things, that WSS is based on R&J. Each text tells the story of a love affair between a young woman and a young man who are caught between warring factions.I find it stimulating and useful to have these two pieces, linked in theme but separated by centuries, together in one volume. Each is a great text on its own, but having them together may help the reader to see each piece in a different light. One of the things I find most striking as one moves from R&J to WSS is how the latter text adds the element of ethnic tension to the fundamental story of "star-crossed lovers." R&J is more than just a classic piece of literature; it's also a touchstone of pop culture (hey, it's even been incorporated into a "Brady Bunch" episode!). Despite the passage of centuries, I find Shakespeare's portrayal of the joy and pain of forbidden love to remain relevant and compelling. And R&J holds up as a reader's text, even with the availability of filmed versions. I think that WSS, being a musical play, naturally loses some impact as a text strictly on the page, but nevertheless I found it a rewarding reader's text also. One might try listening to a CD of WSS's songs as an accompaniment to reading the text. To supplement WSS's portrayal of urban Puerto Ricans, I recommend that interested readers seek out some writings by "Nuyorican" authors; to start with, try Roberto Santiago's illuminating anthology "Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings."
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Summary: A logical pairing of 2 great theatrical works
Review: This is two books in one: the text of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" and the text of "West Side Story," the 20th century musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The book also includes an introduction by Norris Houghton, who notes, among other things, that WSS is based on R&J. Each text tells the story of a love affair between a young woman and a young man who are caught between warring factions. I find it stimulating and useful to have these two pieces, linked in theme but separated by centuries, together in one volume. Each is a great text on its own, but having them together may help the reader to see each piece in a different light. One of the things I find most striking as one moves from R&J to WSS is how the latter text adds the element of ethnic tension to the fundamental story of "star-crossed lovers." R&J is more than just a classic piece of literature; it's also a touchstone of pop culture (hey, it's even been incorporated into a "Brady Bunch" episode!). Despite the passage of centuries, I find Shakespeare's portrayal of the joy and pain of forbidden love to remain relevant and compelling. And R&J holds up as a reader's text, even with the availability of filmed versions. I think that WSS, being a musical play, naturally loses some impact as a text strictly on the page, but nevertheless I found it a rewarding reader's text also. One might try listening to a CD of WSS's songs as an accompaniment to reading the text. To supplement WSS's portrayal of urban Puerto Ricans, I recommend that interested readers seek out some writings by "Nuyorican" authors; to start with, try Roberto Santiago's illuminating anthology "Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings."
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