ISBN: 9781300358282

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career near the end of the 16th century. This story of a love that can never be truly realized and the tragedy th… mais…

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career near the end of the 16th century. This story of a love that can never be truly realized and the tragedy that ensues, involves two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets, who had been engaged in a blood feud for many years. Based upon an Italian tale which was translated by 16th century English poet Arthur Brooke into the narrative poem “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet,” Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was among his most popular plays during the Bard’s lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays today. Romeo and Juliet had a profound influence on subsequent literature. The archetypal young lovers in Romeo and Juliet, regarded as one of the greatest and most tragic love stories of all time, has generated the most, and most varied, adaptations, including prose and verse narratives, drama, opera, orchestral and choral music, ballet, film, television, and painting. Before then, romance had not even been viewed as a worthy topic for tragedy. As Harold Bloom writes, Shakespeare invented the formula that the sexual becomes the erotic when crossed by the shadow of death.” The word Romeo has even become synonymous with male lover in English. Digital Content>E-books>Romance>Contemporary Romance>Contemporary Romance, Lulu.com Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781300358282

Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different… mais…

Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand translation on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. Digital Content>E-books>Romance>Contemporary Romance>Contemporary Romance, Lulu.com Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781300358282

WIlliam Shakespeare, NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition, Pub by Lulu.com EBooks Books~~Fiction~~Romance~~General Romeo-and-Juliet~~William-Shakespeare Lulu.com

ISBN: 9781300358282

Romeo and Juliet Romeo-and-Juliet~~William-Shakespeare Romance>Contemporary Romance>Contemporary Romance NOOK Book (eBook), Lulu.com