Romeo and Juliet
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should I read it!?
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Jun 06, 2011 06:12AM
You should read it. Its a great book. Romio and Julet was a sad book. But had alot of meaning :)
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I agree, you should read it.
Why, yes of course! I thoroughly enjoyed reading Romeo and Juliet my Freshman year of high school. Besides, Shakespeare is one of those authors you can't ignore. He was far ahead of his time and somehow knew his future. It's rather marvelous.
If you want to read it, why wouldn't you? There is no "should I" when it comes to books.
Depends if you want to. so many people told me i should read it but i never did until one day i was bored and i started to read it. The charaters were a bit dramatic for my taste thought.
I really like this book how Romeo and Juliet was so much in love and their parents did not support it .They didnt let no one stop them for being in love with each other or letting the non support stop them.
i could make a connection to it when my cousin was dating someone her parents disprove of and their still together.
No, either listen to it or see the play, it is written to be performed and is much easier to enjoy if listened to.
I LOVE ROMEO AND JULIET!!
I think we all do, love Romeo and Juliet. I love the Franco Zeferelli production with Olivia Hussey, can't recall the leading man's name. They had good chemistry together.
I have only seen the 1 with leo decaprio i should look out for older ones
yes, it would be worth a look to see the different takes on R & J.
Betsy wrote: "I suggest grabbing a few friends and having a play reading. Too fun. -And it just helps to hear it out loud, even if it's a cold reading. The humor emerges - (believe me it's there), you hear the..."This is the best way to read Shakespeare! Then see all the parodies on it ie..west side story, gnomeo and juliet, ect.
It is the quality of his style that his story is still appealing to us as much in this day as in his.
I prefer MacBeth personally, the witches are my favorites!
I think that you should give Shakespeare a whack! I kind of hate Romeo and Juliet, I much prefer The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, and (most of all) A Midsummer Night's Dream. Read them in original text, but it is helpful to get one with footnotes, as some of the references for jokes are explained. Reading the classics is always a good idea. If you weren't made to do it in high school, now is the perfect time! (And then go out and get yourself some Jane Austen. I like her even better than the Bard)
There are so many allusions to R&J in other works... reason enough to read it. Definitely not Shakespeare's best, though.
I tried reading Hamlet, hence I never finished. I liked As you like it for the battle of the sexes. MacBeth is good. Taming of the Shrew also.
Its ok to read it but you have to realize it is not meant to be read. its meant to be see as a play and that really changes the way it is written. Also if you do read it, buy a cliffnotes or sparknotes because even if you understand the language they're is a lot of alliteration from that time period you might not understand.
There are versions that have one page of the original language and another of current language that really help u understand a couple of things that will confuse you
nine wrote: "Depends if you want to. so many people told me i should read it but i never did until one day i was bored and i started to read it. The charaters were a bit dramatic for my taste thought."I do have to agree with you on the drama, but I think Shakespeare wrote it that way to entertain his audience. They lived in quite a dull time and his plays brought things to life.
It is a good read, but it is after all, a tragedy. It is dramatic and intense and frustrating and wonderful. My favorite is julius cesear oddly enough. I hated twelfth night for some reason. Take Shelley's advice though and get one u can understand for sure.
He wrote more tragedy than comedy. Maybe start out with a lighter read, like as you like it, that is humorous, hope I spelled that word right.
It can be very hard to actually read. I mean it is a play so it is meant to be seen. I have taught it the last few years and I reccommend seeing it first and then actually reading and dissecting the language.
Even watch Gnomeo and Juliet. Maybe there is some Shakespeare in that.
Stacey wrote: "I Really want to read this book, but I don't know if I should. What are your thoughts?"
One word. YES.
One word. YES.
Kate wrote: "I think it's best if you can read it and see it performed. Each one gives you a slightly different insight to the story that you'd not get only having experienced one and not the other."
I totally agree...I saw it performed after I read it and the story really came to life.
I totally agree...I saw it performed after I read it and the story really came to life.
Read the book for heavens sake, or see the movie, whatever.
Don't read the Made Easy version or the ones written in modern english. They don't have any of the dirty humor or puns that make Shakespeare's plays so much fun.
Yes, listen to Molly.
Erin wrote: "I wasn't a big fan of it. I read in in literature last semester and then we had to watch it. I fell asleep in class because of boredom. The movie was too overdramatic in my opinion"
Same here. It's like one of those books that is built up in our minds through years of hearing how great it is...then we read it and are disappointed.
Same here. It's like one of those books that is built up in our minds through years of hearing how great it is...then we read it and are disappointed.
Farrah wrote: "DiCaprio makes a good anything."
So very true :)
So very true :)
He was good in the aviator. Have not seen him in Romeo and Juliet.
Robin wrote: "He was good in the aviator. Have not seen him in Romeo and Juliet."
I'm going to be the stereotypical female and throw this out there, but...Titanic!
I'm going to be the stereotypical female and throw this out there, but...Titanic!
Yes, I forgot about that one.
Robin wrote: "He was good in the aviator. Have not seen him in Romeo and Juliet."The movie isn't bad, but they really should have updated he dialogue with the setting. There's something hilarious about seeing modern day business man Lord Capulet shout "Fetch me my long sword ho!" to his wife.
Maybe that is why I didn't see this one, too updated for me. Wasn't Martin Scorsese the director. Just googled and it was Baz Luhrmann, still won't watch this rendition of R & J.
it is a good play...the characters are unique in a way that makes them lasting...besides, the plot has been repeated by a lot of writers, therefore, the plot is great and although the adaptations have been a success like west side story etc...nothing beats the original besides the language is good
True enough, April. West Side Story is sort of a take on Romeo and Juliet. But the words, "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks"that line alone gets me every time.
just read it, it's good and it's one of the easiest shakespeare stories
Robin wrote: "Maybe that is why I didn't see this one, too updated for me. Wasn't Martin Scorsese the director. Just googled and it was Baz Luhrmann, still won't watch this rendition of R & J."I don't blame you. It's not a movie I would have gone to the theater to see. It was on one day while I was flipping through the channels and I decided to watch it. The two leads were adorable together, and the music was awesome, but there were some parts that were down right trippy, like Mercutio being a drag queen.
I know I hate how some directors "amp" it up a notch for what? I guess it is showing the grittier side of a contemporary Romeo and Juliet.
Stacey wrote: "I Really want to read this book, but I don't know if I should. What are your thoughts?"It's more of a play than a book, but yeah, you should read it. Even though school (when I read it) makes everything 10x more boring (maybe it's just my school?), it was still pretty good, which is saying something.
...i read it in fifth grade as a group thing. it was alrigh. i am obsessed with romance....they just act a little over dramatic with things. although i understand all of the suicidal snse. i mean, who could live without their true love and stay single and mourn the rest their lives or even worse try to convince yourself that you could always love somone else, let me just say that you would just be as unhappy as if you were mourning someoneyou loved and couldnt ever be with.
Yeah you should read it as the fun he has with the english language is a great read alone and the characterization is very well done as well, if you enjoy you should read some of his other works, I prefer Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and King Lear myself.
i enjoy poems mostly. theyre shorter and theyre more mysterious, makng you use youre imagination. i think my fav is 'o mistress mine'
I LOVE SHAKESPEARE'S sonnets... im looking forward in reading many of his novels and i would like to start with 'ROMEO and JULIET"'s tragic.what do you think, is it more wise to read first this romeo and juliet for those who are novice with his novel works?
You can plunge ahead with this one, or As You Like it, which to me is much more readable, if there is such a word, but delve in, his prose is awesome in whichever book you read. You already said that you love Shakespeare's sonnets, then by all mean, go for it.
i think you should
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