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 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:57 pm
Many of my friends don't appreciate Romeo and Juliet.
How do you rate this play compared to some of Shakespeare's other works?
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:20 pm
Hard to say, since I haven't read it since high school. The last time I saw a performance, it was the movie with DiCaprio. I've never really done a side-by-side comparison of the Bard's different works.
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:56 am
I don't like it purely because I don't like love stories...I think that some of Shakespeare's other plays have more imagery and more poetic language too, paticularly Macbeth, which I much prefer.
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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:25 pm
I like it, but then again, I don't think of it as a story where "True love conquers all", which definately helps. It's a TRAGEDY, people, not a love story. The people that say R&J was the best love story of our time and other crap like that are what annoys me the most about the play. Other that that, I think the play is great. Very well paced, well written, well done overall. biggrin
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:09 pm
The Last Mizzy I like it, but then again, I don't think of it as a story where "True love conquers all", which definately helps. It's a TRAGEDY, people, not a love story. The people that say R&J was the best love story of our time and other crap like that are what annoys me the most about the play. Other that that, I think the play is great. Very well paced, well written, well done overall. biggrin It is a love story. Tragedy story too, but love one nontheless. Romeo kills himself to follow Juliet, whom he believes dead. And then Juliet does the same for him. So, their love is so big they couldn't stand living without each other. So yes, it is a love story with a tragic end. That is what makes it one among the best, if not the one. People should realize not every love story has a happy ending.
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:49 am
Do you think it's required reading in most schools because it's a "classic" or because it's any easy play to follow for people just being introduced to the Bard?
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:51 pm
I appreciate it's a good play, but I absolutely detest the characters Romeo and Juliette. All the others are okay, but them...I was happy when they died.
The only other plays I know of him are the Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, and Midsummer's Night Dream. Soon, my school will be putting on Twelfth Night. I kinda like ones I know (aside from R&J).
@OliviaFalconer; I think it's because it's an easy play to follow for a Bard Beginer. Love/death is a pretty understandable. Wait...um, okay, really, they aren't understandable, but everyone gets the idea of them.
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:18 am
Now that I think about it, not only is it one of the easier plays to read, but I'm sure most high school students can relate to the characters in terms of age and extreme emotions (first love can punch you in the gut).
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13 and 666 ...
400!
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:09 pm
Romeo and Juliet is my favorite play by Shakespeare. The Two Gentleman of Verona and The Taming of the Shrew are also very good. Those are the ones I have read so far. I have the complete works so I am in the process of reading it.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:27 pm
In my English class that is almost over, we are ending our study of Romeo and Juliet. I liked it for the most part. I haven't found that "first love," but it still is a very relatable story. I sometimes think it is funny how dramatic Romeo and Juliet can be.
I haven't read or studied any of Shakespeare's other works, but I can't wait to start! As far as I have heard, it seems that Romeo and Juliet is the best to start off with, so I am set and ready to go!
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:49 am
His eloquence knows no bounds, his pathos reaches fathomless depths, his wit is sharper than any rapier. Shakespeare is the father of the English language as we know it, and is the window to the universal soul. I have read Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet, and I plan to read all of his plays, ultimately. Hamlet, for me, has been the best thus far: it probes the human conscience, forcing consideration of death, life, reason, and ethos. I performed the "to be or not to be" monologue in front of my English class, and it was a powerful experience that made me weak in the knees.
Romeo and Juliet is good because Shakespeare is good, for the reasons aforementioned. I think it's easy to understand for teens undergoing the kind of melodrama dealt with in the play, and they can thus get past the language to the heart of what Shakespeare was trying to say. When you're older, you may start to think more seriously about the divisive issues dealt with in plays like Hamlet and Julius Caesar, and as such, those become more significant. Although some teens may have already thought about such things, some may not have. But chances are, those who haven't have already fallen hard for someone at least once.
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:12 pm
It's great just to learn the origin and actual meaning of "star-crossed love."
Regarding it's being read in high school, Romeo and Juliet may be a reaffirming look at young love. The two young lovers aren't just being controlled by teenage hormones - I think Shakespeare portrays their love as very intense, passionate, and sincere. They are entirely matched. When they first meet, they intertwined speeches form a perfect sonnet. At a time (high school) when kids are being told "it's only puppy love" and other condescending words of advice, it's vindicating to read that someone can fall truly in love at only 13.
Of course, it's also full of warning. wink
I think its a great work because ten different people can read it and have ten different ideas of what it's about. When I took Shakespeare in college just recently, my classmates came away with more than the following beliefs: Romeo and Juliet were both young kids who made huge mistakes; Romeo was too immature; Juliet was too submissive to her parents; Juliet was not submissive enough to her parents; Romeo and Juliet were both blameless - it was the feud that ruined everything; the priest got them both killed; the two were destined to die no matter what.
That's what makes it great.
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