A classic tale of love and conflict
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Reviewing Romeo and Juliet as a book is not quite right; Shakespeare himself never published any of his plays, and intended them only for the stage. Having said that, it's an excellent read for those of us who can grasp the language, and has been enjoyed for hundreds of years.
If you feel intimidated by the words Shakespeare uses, remember that the average adult knows 4000 different words, whereas Shakespeare's plays contain 29000 alone! Of course, that's where the beauty of his work comes from. When the plays were performed in the 1500s, there were no changes of scenery, with the whole play taking place in one set, so Shakespeare's image rich language had to be enough to create a mental picture for the audience, and it was.The play begins with a prologue. In the form of a sonnet, the prologue is a short poem which basically tells the audience a summary of the whole plot. It's like a trailer for a movie, but a bad one! Why on earth did they give away the whole plot? Because many of the audience were not educated enough to follow the whole thing along, and the prologue was an 'idiots' guide' to the play they were about to see.
Romeo and Juliet tells the tale of two young lovers. Each belonging to rival families, their love was never going to be easy. Despite all this, they try, marrying in secret and enjoying but a brief moment of wedded bliss before Romeo ruins it all and kills Juliet's cousin (never a good move). Banished for his crime, Romeo is not around to save Juliet from her father's wrath, as she is propelled into an arranged marriage that she cannot take (her marriage to Romeo being a secret). At this point, the helpful Friar comes up with a plan of how to make everything better; it involves poision, deception and cunning. I'll leave it at that in case you're one of the few people who don't know the rest.An excellent tale, full of love and conflict, showing us that you simply cannot have one without the other.
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