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Summary: Romeo and Juliet review
Review: "The Tradegy of Romeo and Juliet" was a play that touched me deeply. the plot of two families torn apart but brought togater by love touched my deeply touched me deeply. the capulets and motagues we fighting but they came back togather by thir son and doughter in love. i say this book is a great book that tells of the way that people can hate and love eachother at the same time and is a great story for all ages.
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Summary: Romeo and Juliet Review
Review: I have recently read "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" in school. I enjoyed reading this play as I felt it provided me with a different outlook because of its vocabulary. The plot of the story was very romantic, but in the end the play became dramatic. It tells a story of true love between two resented families, Montague and Capulet.
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet risk their lives to be together and nothing could get in the way of their feelings of true love. Even though their families hated each other, they still found a way be married, although it was not easy because of all the tragedies throughout the play. Romeo's best friend, Mercutio and Juliet's cousin, Tybalt both died. Also, Juliet's father was forcing her to marry Paris, another man. There were many more tragedies, which kept the two lovers away from each other. The name of both houses was the main reason why Romeo and Juliet could not be together. As Juliet said, "What's in a name?" If it were not for the significance of the names there would be no tragedy.
Without William Shakespeare's acts of irony, love, hate tragedy and pride the story would not have been worth reading. The way he twisted the story when they got married was unusual too, as getting married can make life different in a good way, but in this story, not.
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Summary: The Romantic Masterpiece For Valentines Day
Review: Looking for a nice Valentine's Day gift ? Look no further than the bookstores that contain this New Folgers Library edition of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy, his most famous work, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is also one of Shakespeare's most human stories, involving bitter rivalry and societal roles that were common in the Renaissance. Romeo and Juliet's origins are obscure, although there are speculations that it was a true account in early Renaissance history. Romeo, of the Montague family, falls in love with Juliet, of the Capulets. The Montagues and Capulets have long been rivals, a feud has made enemies of them for some unknown and unexplained reason. Romeo and Juliet defy the opposition from their families in a taboo, forbidden love. The most famous scene, and certainly the most romantic, is the Balcony scene. Romeo has discovered Juliet's balcony and declares his undying love for her. It may seem like an infatuation, a passing obscession, and we can always make the argument that they are young, after all. But the poetic imagery (Romeo compares Juliet to the sun), the inspirational zeal that Romeo has for Juliet, who reciprocates, eventhough she is much more rational than he is. They are married in secret but the tragedy kicks in after Romeo has slain Tybalt in a duel.Romeo is banished from Verona. Juliet is engaged to marry the well-to-do and powerful Paris. In despair, Juliet drinks poison which makes her sleep and appear dead for a long time. Her family put her body inside the ancestral tomb. When Romeo returns to Verona and learns that Juliet is "dead", he rushes into the tomb and takes his own life with fatal poison. Juliet, waking from her sleep, discovers Romeo is dead and stabs herself. When the feuding Capulets and Montagues discover that the lovers have committed suicide because they were forbidden due to their enmity, they make peace. The classic story can be applied to many people who feel love, and must overcome obstacles and oppositon. Although it is deeply tragic, it is a necessary tragedy for prejudice and hatred to be vanquished. This version, from the Folgers group, is the best. It provides commentary on Shakespeare and his time, the making of this play and contains the best translation of antiquated phrases that give so many modern readers a hard time. Romeo and Juliet is the most perfect Valentine's Day gift for those who appreciate the glorifed romances of the past.
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Summary: Passions lead to Death and Disorder
Review: Romeo and Juliet is about stupid kids in love who make bad decisions about who they will marry and are too naive to consider the political implications of marrying a person from the enemy family. I thought it was interesting that Romeo and Juliet's marraige is set up in secret by irresponsible and foolish adults (the nurse and Friar Lawrence) who don't notify the parents what is being done. This bucking of parental wisdom and authority is what gets the ball rolling toward disaster. Like King Lear, Juliet's father, Capulet, is highly patriarchal and authoritarian; both of them threaten to disown their daughters if they don't do as they say. Both consider their daughters ungrateful. In Capulet's case, he says he has spent so much time and effort into setting up an arranged marraige with Paris, that Juliet should not refused such a good and well-considered choice given that Paris in wealthy, noble, handsome, and friends with the family. It is interesting to note that the arranged marraige is a wise choice for Juliet and Juliet's choice of Romeo from a feuding family is a foolish one, guided by the passions of romantic infatuation and love at first sight. I thought that Romeo and Juliet were pretty silly in their immediate infatuation with all their talk of beauty and devotion without really knowing each other. But I remember way back when, when I was teenager, I used to be that stupid. I don't see any charm in such foolish romantic notions now and therefore I couldn't really relate to the romantic side of the play. All the love talk seemed foolish to me. I did, however, think maybe they should bring arranged marraige back since parents make better decisions about marraige than what kids choose to drag into a family. Modern people aren't as smart as their ancestors. --Just a provacative thought. Lest I overly condemn Romeo and Juliet for being stupid, I will say that the feuding families are consumed by their passions of hatred for one another. Again though, it is the younger teen- aged member of both families who can't control their passions and can't stop fighting. Mercutio and Tybalt get into a deadly duel, which adversely affects the marraige of Romeo and Juliet. The heads of the families, Capulet and Montague, do not do enough to control the feud and this leads to disaster, even though they have been told by the Prince to stop fighting. The hatred of the families destroys the love affair of Romeo and Juliet, and Shakespheare's sympathies are definitely with the two. He doesn't reveal much criticism against their foolishness. I thought the Nurse and Mercutio were good comic characters. The Nurse is another of Shakespheare's colorful rustic characters and Mercutio plays the witty and hyper young friend to Romeo. He reminds you of some of your old friends in high school and the laughs over bawdy witticisms you used to have.
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Summary: This book is excellent, must read.
Review: Romeo and Julitet is a beautiful creation of William Shakespeare. In this creation of his, there are two star-crossed lovers;having fallen in love at first sight, their love was denied by both the families, as they had a never ending hatrad between them.So, the lovers plan to elope, leaving everything behined, to prove that their love for each other was pure and had gone through many adverse situation.
Although, the end is tragic, however, the story is wonderful as it expresses the triumph of true love over sircumtances [...].,
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Summary: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Review: My favorite book is The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,a dramatic romance novel by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare blends sword -fighting with the romance Romeo and Juliet share ,which results in a outstanding play. Three reasons why I think everyone should read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are because of the ways Shakespeare expresses the affection between Romeo and Juliet, the rival among their families, and the tragic death of the two young lovers. Even though, there's a lot of fighting, this is still a fantastic novel. That is why I think everyone should read this novel.
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Summary: A Tragic Love Story
Review: What would you do if you fell in love with the wrong person? Well Romeo and Juliet are in this same situation. The scene is set in Verona where two household families share the same social status. From the birth of these two enemies come Romeo and Juliet....P> This book was amazing. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down. I felt as if I wanted to get in the story and try to fix all their problems. Shakespeare is a creative writer. He put in true life problems that teenagers deal with today. Shakespeare taught me never to give up and to accomplish my goals. In this book, Romeo and Juliet are not allowed to fall in love. Their parents band them from seeing each other and they wouldn't allow them to following their hearts. But they did it anyway. This book taught me to follow what I believe in and to think for myself, not to listen to what other people want me to do. If I did, then my life would have been miserable. The only thing I didn't like with this book was that it was so hard to understand because it was written in Old English. I recommend the book, Romeo and Juliet, to anyone who loves to read tragic love stories, who is interested in reading Shakespeare's writings, or who is interested in reading an outstanding book.
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Summary: A truley Loving story!
Review: Have you ever wondered how it would be like to loose the person you care and love for in the wrong way? An for the wrong reason? Well that is what I started to think about when I was reading this book. Romeo falls in love with this girl Juliet but Juliet's family for bided her to see him. An Romeo's family as well. Romeo and and Juliet is I quote "One of Shakespeare most popular and accessible plays."
I feel that this story was sad. I'm glad that Romeo and Juliet didn't let their families get in their way of happiness. William Shakespeare wanted to show how much they loved each other. In Romeo and Juliet it was a touching story that almost brought a tear to my eye. Romeo and Juliet is truly a love story that will leave you amazed!
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Summary: Romeo and Juliet
Review: Have you ever wanted to be with someone but you couldn't because family was in the way? Or someone tells you that you that you couldn't see that person because that person was different then you. In Romeo and Juliet the families where enemies Romeo loved Juliet so much that he would sneak to Juliet's room to see her. He had to fight for her. Juliet said "Deny thy father and refuse thy name?" Meaning that he had to change everything with her dad for them to be able to be together. In Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare uses different types of literature that helps the reader know how they spoke where they lived. Romeo and Juliet is kind of a lesson for life because you should never give up for something that you want. I think that this book was good for showing haw far someone would go to be with that special someone. This book was sad because of the way they had to keep their relationship a secret because there families were enemies. I recommend this book to anyone that likes romantic stories or likes to read stories that have drama in it. So if you have an interest in this you should read this book. It's a really good book to read. - Natasha Landing
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Summary: Romeo and Jueliet
Review: Romeo and Juliet is a great tragic romance. The story is full of love, violence, passion and hate. It's an excellent epic poem in which Shakespeare tells this tragic story using a beautiful language, very poetic and lyrical. Try it, you'll never forget it.
This story is about a pair of two star-crossed lovers, which take their life in Verona. For years, the feuding of the Montagues and the Capulets has disturbed the peace of Verona.
It all began in a party in the Capulet's house in which Romeo and Juliet made their love vows, and Romeo proposed marriage to Juliet. After this marriage, everything was tragic.
Deaths and fights were constantly a problem in the two houses. So Romeo and Juliet would leave Verona to stop the quarrels, but this plan failed when Lord Capulet told Juliet to marry Paris.
Friar Laurence would make a new plan, to skip this ceremony. Juliet would pretend to be dead and afterwards, when wake up, leave Verona with her love.
This plan also failed because Romeo didn't get to know about this and killed himself when he saw Juliet lying on her grave. Juliet did the same when she saw Romeo lying beside her.
After these deaths, both families realised that hate between them caused lots of deaths. Capulet and Montague made up their quarrel. They promised not to fight again and make a golden statue about the two beautiful star-crossed lovers.
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