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Summary: Shakespeare Made Easy
Review: I would recommend this book to anyone studying "Romeo and Juliet." I would have never made it through English class without this book!
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Summary: 16th-century CGI
Review: After recently reading "Romeo and Juliet," I can see why it's not considered one of Shakespeare's best. It's good, don't get me wrong-I can't imagine ever giving anything by Shakespeare less than five stars in one of these reviews. It's just that, compared to some of his other plays such as "Hamlet," "Macbeth," or even comedies like "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "As You Like It," "Romeo and Juliet" comes across as somewhat lightweight.Why is that? I guess my main complaint with "Romeo and Juliet" is that the language isn't quite up to snuff; the metaphors aren't as rich and expressive as those that liberally litter the soil of other Shakespeare plays. Shakespeare's writing is almost always beautiful, but in "Romeo and Juliet," there seems to be more of an emphasis on telling a simple story in the very simplest manner. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but in the case of Shakespeare, what you miss are the transporting turns of phrase that, when they hit you just right, fling you thrillingly heavenward. I've come to feel that Shakespeare has a leg up on 21st century entertainment. His special effects are all on the page. They're hard-wired into the story and appeal to the soul as well as the eye. Unfortunately, in "Romeo and Juliet" there's comparably little there to feed the soul.
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Summary: give me a break!!
Review: I'm sorry, but this book was awful. You can burn me for a heretic, but it was. It was supposed to be tragic; I thought it was hilarious. First, everybody says that Romeo and Juliet were lovers torn apart by fate. Fate had nothing to do with it! They died through sheer stupidity and melodrama on their part. Had they not been so hasty, they both would have come out alive. Second, the characterization was extremely shallow and one dimensional. Third of all, Romeo and Juliet weren't "in love" at all. How can you love someone you've known for all of five minutes? When they meet at the Capulet party, all Romeo does is ramble about pilgrims and hands and prayer. Then he leaves and Juliet declares she's in love. They didn't even have a real conversation.
On the plus side, the language was very pretty, once you got used to it, although it did become irritating by the end. Sometimes you wish someone would just say something straight out, instead of dressing it up with so many frills and flowers you don't know what they're trying to say. But I have nothing against Shakespearean English.
So really, if you want to read good Shakespearean tragedy, read Macbeth. Now that was good. Julius Caesar wasn't too bad either. And if you want a good comedy by the Bard, go with Much Ado About Nothing. But don't waste your time on this book unless you have to. It was that bad.
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Summary: It would be a tragedy for anyone not to read this..
Review: What do you believe 'love' means? William Shakesphere created what you believe to be 'love', in his many romances, including Romeo, and Juliet. IN this epic poem, Shakesphere tells the story that we are all very familiar with with the most beautiful language one could ever read. So poetic, and lyrical. No one in that time or before then talked as the characters in Romeo, and Juliet do. Shakesphere broke the rules of the english language to write his plays, simply because his plays were beyond words, and could not be written with the strict rules of the english language. Finally if you have not read this epic poem, and have just seen one of the film adaptations, you must read this short play to understand that passion of Shakesphere's love, and your own.
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Summary: My love is as boundless as the sea...
Review: Is a review even necessary? I have read the classic tale of star-crossed lovers fifteen times. No, I am not [strange], but an English teacher, although crazed Romeo and Juliet junkie may apply because I love the play more every time I read it with students. Of course there is the beauty of the poety ("How silver sweet sound lovers tongues at night"...the alliteration slips and slides across the tongue), and the thematic depths of love, hate, gender, misunderstanding, betrayal, chance and fate. There is the imagery of bright suns and shimmering jeweled stars; ships sailing across a boundless sea; brawling love and loving hate. But the best thing about this play is the characters. During one reading I love Romeo for his poetry and earnestness...in the next he is overblown and heartsick to the point he is nauseating, but that's exactly it- Shakespeare created characters that are complex, and real- even to teenagers today. The second best thing is the downright dirty [physical] humor that spews from the mouth of Mercutio. "The bawdy hand of the dial is on the prick of noon." This man can make teenagers blush. And he can make them swoon. And he can make them laugh. And when we read Romeo and Juliet as adults (perhaps over and over like me) we can try to remember if it's possible to feel as passionately as those disasterously fated young lovers did. I sure hope so.
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Summary: Great tragic romance
Review: The servants of the Capulets and the Montagues, two feuding households both alike in dignity in fair Verona, are brawling in the streets. Young Romeo Montague is lovesick over a young woman named Rosalind while Juliet Capulet is being considered as a bride for the noble Paris. At a masked ball held at the house of the Capulets, Romeo and Juliet meet and instantly fall in love. But the enmity of their fathers makes this a star-crossed love from the onset. But kids in love will be kids in love and with the aid of Friar Laurence, who sees this match as a means to ending the bloody feud, agrees to marry the young couple. However, the day after the secret marriage Romeo and his friend Mercutio encounter Juliet's cousin Tybalt. A fight ensues and when Tybalt slays Mercutio, Romeo in turn slays Tybalt. For this offense Romeo is banished hence from Verona and Juliet hatches one final disparate plan with Friar Laurence to save her from marriage to Paris and restore her to her love. ROMEO AND JULIET is a great tragic romance, which captures the heartache of adolescent love. With this play William Shakespeare has written what is undoubtedly the most famous love story in Western Literature. The story is filled with love and death, passion and violence, and even though we are told from the start the fate of these two star-crossed lovers, watching the tragedy unfold is still painful. Whether you are a young reader who is experiencing the pain of first love or an older reader who laughs now at the adolescent passions of the famous balcony scene, you will find that THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET hits home.
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Summary: LOVE NEVER DIES
Review: Book Review
ROMEO AND JULIET
By: shakespear
Review by: Amina Mohamed If Romance is your thing, then you should read Romeo And Juliet.Romeo isn't your ordinary typical guy, he is what you would say a love machine. The book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear is a book you'll treasure for life, if you're into love and comfort. This book will make you understand the real meaning of true love.
Romeo had always loved to love and be loved by Rosylnn the girl he think of day and night without sleep. The girl he loved was always Roslynn, even though she didn't love him. Romeo's first love was Roslynn, he could't take her off of his mind. After he forgets about Roslynn, Romeo goes to a party and meets Juliet. He fells in love with Juliet and she falls in love with him,but Juliet is told that she has to marry the pairs. Juliet disagrees and secretly marry Romeo.
Romeo life had changes ever since he fall in love with Juliet. Romeo really loves Juliet and Juliet really loves him too, but she is told to marry the paris. Juliet acts like she's dead and Romeo meets her at the funerial place. Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead then he kills t he Paris and himself. Juliet wakes up and kills herself because she thinks Romeo is dead. " How sad".
What mostly amazing me is how connected readers are to Romeo and the other characters like Juliet and the Paris. Why can children related to this book that is about romance and is adult book. Children can be related to this book as long as they understand what 's going on with the book and they're interested. Romeo and Juliet is really interesting book and once you read it you'll love it. Once you read this book you'll know what's the real love is. I think the book is interesting book to read and I recommoned those people who interested read romance book to read it. Once you read this book you'll see what's the real love. There's a lot of text to text connection, and text to world connection. I love the book so I hope you'll try to read it too.
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Summary: good, but still about self-centered & petulant adolescents.
Review: a more serious tragedy is macbeth, whose characters are older, more mature, and consequently more tragic. still, r & j is amazing, all the same.
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Summary: A Must Read!
Review: If you like stories with Romance, action, and many other exciting things, this is a story for you. William Shakespear was one of the best writers of all time, and this book proves it. In this story, you will get to read about sword fighting, love at first sight, and suspence! So once again if you like reading and hearing about the swashing of a sword and unconditional love, definately read this!+
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Summary: Innocent young love doomed due to unavoidable circumstances
Review: At least that's what I feel should have been a worthy epitaph for these two ill-fated lovers. I read this classic work of fiction because I've never read anything by Shakespeare before. Being a romantic, I found it appealed to me as one unfathomable story of doomed love, and may I say the ending could not have been any other, even if it hadn't been a fictitious story. I agree with Ms. Paster, who in this edition gives a final, parallel account of the story in comparison to modern times; when she says that Romeo and Juliet's only way out to consumate their love was through death, because they had trespassed socially acceptable conventions of the era, and not just due to a family feud. This is true especially of Juliet, who, because she was a woman, had the least advantages and the most pressures to be married to someone previously chosen and approved by her father. She defies the world - literally - and runs to the arms of her Romeo to be married in secret. I cannot imagine the terrible strain and fear a woman would have gone through in the 1500's should she choose to follow her heart in such a way. I find Juliet, in this sense, a true pioneer of women's rights. She definitely risks it all, defying even her own father (the man who would "owned" her until she got married). The passage where he confronts her about her arranged marriage to Count Paris has to be one of the cruelest speeches in classic literature. She certainly would have to make use of a humongous supply of nerve to defy convention. Romeo, on his behalf, is truly besotted with Juliet. He admires her beauty more than her courage and, like most men when in love, shows himself a pathetic spectacle. However, he loves her and cannot live without her. He only has eyes and, what's really important, heart for her. That is why, when he receives news of her death, he decides to go to her tomb and kill himself there. The ill-fated destiny plays these lovers a bad hand when Romeo does not get a letter in time explaining his beloved's circumstances for her death. I enjoyed Shakespeare's language the most during the first half of the book. When Romeo climbs to Juliet's window and stays with her for a few hours in the night (the only time the young lovers have for each other throughout the play). He expresses his love with unforgettable lines. He wishes he would be someone else, so that he could love her freely: "Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized." (2.2.54) This edition by the Folger Library has new comments and offers historical background on the life of William Shakespeare as well his times and his theatre. Dimensions of The Globe and explanations on how the plays were acted are shown in detail; together with illustrations of engravings of the period. It all helps to give a good understanding of the play. If, like me, you are new to Shakespeare, you will find the left pages in the book an invaluable resource since they are like a mini-dictionary clarifying words, idiomatic expressions of the era and even full verses. Above all, fear not; and dare to dive into this torrent of love.
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