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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... MONTAGUE, head of a Veronese family at feud with the Capulets. LADY MONTAGUE, wife to Montague. ROMEO, son to Montague. BENVOLIO, nephew to Montague, and friend to Romeo. ABRAM, servant to Montague. BALTHASAR, servant to Romeo. CAPULET ...
... MONTAGUE, head of a Veronese family at feud with the Capulets. LADY MONTAGUE, wife to Montague. ROMEO, son to Montague. BENVOLIO, nephew to Montague, and friend to Romeo. ABRAM, servant to Montague. BALTHASAR, servant to Romeo. CAPULET ...
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... Montague moves me . GREGORY . To move is to stir ; and to be valiant is to stand : therefore , if thou art moved ... Montague's . GREGORY . That shows thee a weak slave , for the weakest goes to the wall . SAMPSON . True, and therefore ...
... Montague moves me . GREGORY . To move is to stir ; and to be valiant is to stand : therefore , if thou art moved ... Montague's . GREGORY . That shows thee a weak slave , for the weakest goes to the wall . SAMPSON . True, and therefore ...
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... Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall. GREGORY. The quarrel is between our masters and us their men. SAMPSON. 'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men I will be civil with the ...
... Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall. GREGORY. The quarrel is between our masters and us their men. SAMPSON. 'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men I will be civil with the ...
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... Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me. [Enter MONTAGUE and his LADY MONTAGUE.] MONTAGUE. Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not, let me go. LADY MONTAGUE. Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe. [Enter PRINCE ESCALUS ...
... Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me. [Enter MONTAGUE and his LADY MONTAGUE.] MONTAGUE. Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not, let me go. LADY MONTAGUE. Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe. [Enter PRINCE ESCALUS ...
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... 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 approach. I drew to part them, in the instant came The ...
... 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 approach. I drew to part them, in the instant came The ...
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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