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Romeo and Juliet: A Shorter Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, the tragic tale of two lovers parted by a family feud, has become one of the world's greatest love stories. In Shakespeare's hand, it becomes a battle between the powers of love and death, but a battle that takes place within the human soul.
60 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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December 2, 2025
Where are the men that are yearning like this?
Juliet could have just ran away with Romeo. Why did she have to pull a dramatic (failed) stunt?
It was interesting to compare Shakespearean to modern language because Shakespeare and his writing is so literary and poetic but so hard to understand so having the modernised translation was needed and guided an appreciation and understanding to Shakespeare and his way of interpreting his story.
Juliet could have just ran away with Romeo. Why did she have to pull a dramatic (failed) stunt?
It was interesting to compare Shakespearean to modern language because Shakespeare and his writing is so literary and poetic but so hard to understand so having the modernised translation was needed and guided an appreciation and understanding to Shakespeare and his way of interpreting his story.
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January 26, 2009
By far my least favorite of Shakespeares plays. I just cringe whenever I hear it mentioned, or a new "version" of it comes out in the theatre or the movies.
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