Romeo and JulietRomeo 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. |
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... CAPULET, head of a Veronese family at feud with the Montagues. LADY CAPULET, wife to Capulet. JULIET, daughter to Capulet. TYBALT, nephew to Lady Capulet. CAPULET'S COUSIN, an old man. NURSE to Juliet. PETER, servant to Juliet's Nurse ...
... CAPULET, head of a Veronese family at feud with the Montagues. LADY CAPULET, wife to Capulet. JULIET, daughter to Capulet. TYBALT, nephew to Lady Capulet. CAPULET'S COUSIN, an old man. NURSE to Juliet. PETER, servant to Juliet's Nurse ...
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... ! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues! [Enter CAPULET in his gown, and LADY CAPULET.] CAPULET. What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho! you do. LADY CAPULET. A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for.
... ! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues! [Enter CAPULET in his gown, and LADY CAPULET.] CAPULET. What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho! you do. LADY CAPULET. A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for.
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William Shakespeare. LADY CAPULET. A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword? CAPULET. My sword, I say! Old Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me. [Enter MONTAGUE and his LADY MONTAGUE.] MONTAGUE. Thou villain ...
William Shakespeare. LADY CAPULET. A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword? CAPULET. My sword, I say! Old Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me. [Enter MONTAGUE and his LADY MONTAGUE.] MONTAGUE. Thou villain ...
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... CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, TYBALT, CITIZENS and SERVANTS.] MONTAGUE. Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach? Speak, nephew, were you by when it began? BENVOLIO. Here were the servants of your adversary And yours, close fighting ere I did ...
... CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, TYBALT, CITIZENS and SERVANTS.] MONTAGUE. Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach? Speak, nephew, were you by when it began? BENVOLIO. Here were the servants of your adversary And yours, close fighting ere I did ...
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William Shakespeare. SCENE II A STREET [ Enter CAPULET , PARIS and SERVANT ... CAPULET . my suit ? But saying o'er what I have said before . My child is ... lady of my earth : But woo her , gentle Paris , get her heart , My will to ...
William Shakespeare. SCENE II A STREET [ Enter CAPULET , PARIS and SERVANT ... CAPULET . my suit ? But saying o'er what I have said before . My child is ... lady of my earth : But woo her , gentle Paris , get her heart , My will to ...
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ABRAM Alack APOTHECARY aqua vitae art thou BALTHASAR banished beauty bite my thumb CAPULET'S HOUSE cell County Paris cousin crystal scales daughter dead dear death dost thou doth Enter CAPULET Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE Enter JULIET Enter ROMEO Exeunt Exit eyes fair fair Verona Farewell father fear fee simple flower FRIAR JOHN gentleman give golden window gone grave GREGORY grief hand hate hath hear heart heaven hence Here’s hither holy hour kinsman kiss LADY MONTAGUE lips live look lord love’s lovers Madam maid maidenhead Mantua marriage married MERCUTIO mistress MUSICIAN naked weapon night peace PETER pray thee PRINCE PRINCE ESCALUS quarrel Rosaline SAMPSON SCENE slain soul speak stand stay sweet sword tears tell thine thou art thou hast thou wilt Thursday tomorrow tonight Tybalt Verona villain watch weep wife Wilt thou word young Zounds