Romeo and JulietContributors to this Volume: James Bemis ""Star-crossed"" Romeo and Juliet are Shakespeare's most famous lovers. A staple of high school reading lists, the tragedy especially resonates with young adult readers who, like Romeo and Juliet, have experienced the exhilarating and perilous phenomenon of being ""in love"". Given the tragic ending of the play, what does Shakespeare illustrate about his teen protagonists: Are they the hapless victims of fate, or are they responsible for the poor choices they make? Is their love the ""real thing"", or is it self-indulgent passion run amok? These are some of the ever relevant questions discussed in this critical edition of Romeo and Juliet. The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. While many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works. Edited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism. |
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... Friar Lawrence as Romeo and Juliet's Near-Tragic Hero Jill Kriegel 205 Fools for Love? Shakespeare's Qualified Defense of Romeo and Juliet Jonathan Marks 217 Romeo and Juliet and the Petrarchan Love Poetry Tradition Rebecca Munro 229 ...
... Friar Lawrence, Benvolio, Mercutio, the Prince, and the Nurse. Each is perceived and judged according to his actions and the consequences of those actions on others, and each is integrated into the whole picture so that the overriding ...
... Friar Lawrence begins by giving sagacious advice but fails to practice what he preaches in his rash agreement to marry the lovers in secret and with undue haste; Capulet begins with a seeming desire to protect his child from a premature ...
... Friar Lawrence, Friar John, Franciscans Balthasar, servant to Romeo Sampson, Gregory, servants to Capulet Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse Abraham, servant to Montague An Apothecary1 Three Musicians An Officer Lady Montague, wife to ...
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