Romeo and Juliet
3.9
(11.4K)
William Shakespeare
She is only fourteen, he only a few years older. Their families are bitter enemies, sworn to hatred. Yet Romeo and Juliet meet and fall passionately in love. Defying their parents' wishes, they are secretly married, but their brief happiness, is shattered by fate.
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Author
William Shakespeare
Pages
249
Publisher
Sholastic
Published Date
1969
ISBN
0590418645 9780590418645
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"Very accurate to the original play!! Gorgeous art! I would recommend this to anyone who is either a big fan of Romeo and Juliet or whoever wants a different way to read the play. I would have loved to read this when I was assigned to in English class. It is easier to follow, since you're not trying to tell what is descriptions and what isn't. <br/><br/>Very well done!"
"I know Shakespeare never made his tragedies 100% serious, but the story of Romeo and Juliet is so incredibly fast-paced that I couldn’t take it seriously at all. Who marries someone they met the day before? Apparently a 13 and 15 year old who would rather die than not. Iconic story, couldn’t get behind it."
"Not bad I find it interesting and funny but Romeo and Juliet I feel are very dramatic. Like they felt if they didn’t get to marry each other, they had “no choice” but to live in sorrow and misery and end up committing suicide because everything didn’t go perfect. I’m not saying Shakespeare is the dramatic one it’s just Romeo and Juliet as themselves. I’ll be honest I didn’t actually read/ watch the whole thing because I had to catch up in class and I didn’t get to it but I know what happens. I just feel they felt they were the only ones in the world- such as if they didn’t each marry/date each other life would be horrible. I mean yes there is love and people are upset and heartbroken if they can’t marry the person they want to. But in their case they met each other and “love at first sight” like they acted like they’ve been friends forever like how Paris and Juliet were. I honestly don’t know how to write everything I don’t want it to sound like I hated this because I didn’t and it was very tragic since they had to k!ll themselves."
"Terrible!!!!!!!!!! romeo is like ******* Fifteen and Juliet is i think thirteen and they both kill them selves over love for each other which doesn't make any sense there not even twenty, they no nothing about love and life goes on after your first love any way, how people can enjoy it is completely beyond me<br/><br/>"Where art thou Romeo because i need to plant my foot in thou's ass"-Richard Hartley"