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around and finding out in fair Verona, in fair verona, where we lay our scene, .

i went to verona this past weekend and there is a very special experience that comes from reading a story in the same place where it is set.
the city has a very romantic feel to it, but its a gentle and quiet romance, which is completely different from the urgent and desperate love between romeo and juliet,

we could argue for days about whether or not romeo and juliet were actually in love with each other let alone old enough to know what love is but, for me, my focus isnt the story.
its how its told. the writing in this is so lovely even when tybalt gets called a saucy boy lololol, i think shakespeare is a genius and the way his characters express love and longing and desire in this is really something else.

come, gentle night come, loving, blackbrowed night
give me my romeo and, when i shall die,
take him and cut him out in little,
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all the world will be in love with night.

maybe i just fell under the spell of city, or maybe shakespeares words really do have a profound effect on the reader, but i enjoyed this play and these starcrossed lovers.
and its true what the prince says, for never was a story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeo.


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Let us zealously, prance through this amorous lovestory, to relish the Shakespearean era!

Following, is the abridged plot summary, as

per what all I could gather, post the endearing read, pardon and correct me for any of my follies and errors



The longstanding brawl between the Capulets and Montagues, the banquet

The Capulets throw a feast, in which Montagues arent invited, due to the longstanding feud between the two families.
The hero of the play, Romeo Montague, pining over Rosaline, dares to masquerade and gatecrash, the banquet, just to catch a glimpse of his searinglove.
But destiny has other plans, Romeo loses his heart to the heiress of the Capulet family, Juliet!
Meanwhile in the banquet, Tybalt, nephew to the Lady Capulet, having recognised Romeo, willing to enter into a brawl with him, is dissuaded by Lady Capulet, in order to maintain the decorum of the ball.
Juliet has also discovered his identity in the feast, and has been swooned and swept by his charm.
Both are headoverheels for each other by now!

The balcony lovescene

Forlorn and lovelorn, resorting to her balcony, Juliet confides her affection for Romeo to the moon and thethis famous balcony scene is the mostloved!, unaware, Romeo has heard it all underneath the balcony.
Ecstatic, by Juliets searing passion, both resolve for a secretive and speedy nuptial the following day, The marriage is brought to pass, in the cell of Friar Laurence, Romeos friend,

The brawl and gory on the street

On the wedding day, Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeos friends, are accosted by Tybalt, seeking vengeance from Romeo for trespassing the feast.
A contention ensues, Romeo lost in maritalbliss, doesnt show any interest in the brawl, but Mercutio, all infuriated, takes on Tybalt and is slain! Romeo, now all exasperated, in turn butchers Tybalt.
For this act of gory, Romeo is banished by the Prince of Verona,

Juliets condition

The bride of one night, Juliet, is left sobbing and dishevelled.
Unaware of the secret nuptial rites, Juliets father, resolves to get her married to the kinsman, Paris.


The devastating conspiracy! Devised for the good, but fails miserably

Friar Laurence, devises a secret plot to help the lovebirds unite.
the dramatic failure of the plot, leads to the longlived tragedy!, He suggests Juliet to drink a potion, which will give her semblance to death, on the day of her marriage to Paris.
But Alas! Purporting as dead, she is consigned to the tomb by her father mistakenly,
Unaware of the plot, Romeo, is all frenzied, frantic, heartbroken, grieved, and rushes to the tomb, having drunk poison, just to lay beside Juliet in the tomb.
Upon waking up and discovering, Romeo lying dead beside her, Juliet seizes his dagger, and kills herself.


Reconciliation

This double tragedy, reconciles the two families, alas, after all the carnage amp gory.


Favourite lines from the play

Defining the badluck of the two
“A pair of starcross 'd lovers take their life”

Few general ones
To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand

“With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew.

Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs :
But all so soon as the allcheering sun
Should in the farthest east begin to draw”

Romeo brooding over the luxury of his sorrow, post which he meets Juliet
" Why, then, O brawling love ! O loving hate !
O anything, of nothing first create !
O heavy lightness ! serious vanity !
Misshapen chaos of wellseeming forms !
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health ! "

"Under love's heavy burden do I sink.
"
.
"Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
"
. .
"Thus with a kiss I die, "
. .

Upon hearing the sweet Juliets voice in the garden
How silversweet sound lovers' tongues by night.

Like softest music to attending ears !

Juliets expression of love

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite,
.

Good night, good night ! parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow

"O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
"
.

The Prince of Verona
"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
"


My views

It is a play with delineation of all sentiments, from a hideous family feud, a personal vendetta turning into bloodshed, to a torrential love story, and a tragedy of mistakes and a failed plan!

Both Romeo and Juliet, are subjects of a tumultuous youth, living in a warlike hubbub, living a contrasting life, of passion and despair!

Romeo, is a man with good intentions, but all his efforts are forfeited.
He is showcased as an epitome of badluck/starcrossed, Romeo nurses his love in his heart, and is seen lamenting and foreboding, shedding tears throughout, He isnt a mature thinker, and is given into hopelessness on every occasion, soon enough!

Juliet, is a simpleton, naïve, true to the core, and is given into poetic imaginations of a tender heart.
She thinks aloud in words!

An ardent, unrestrained, tender, young love, nothing is factitious or fallacious about their sovereign love!
I am gobsmacked, how can one write a play with such a purity of heart, dignity of manners, passion in love and violence, in a rhythmic sonnet, in an era, beyond contemplation!! That is what Shakespeare is all about, after all!

This delicate tale of love and misfortune, deserves an endearingstar!!!! sitelink
Romeo and Juliet is an enduring tragic love story between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet written by William Shakespeare.
It is also a story of the family feud between the Montagues and Capulets and how it affects the romance between Romeo and Juliet.
The story is set in Verona and Mantua in Italy,

I have more than a dozen friends who love to read works with romance as the central theme.
I was surprised to see that most of them haven't read this masterpiece yet, If you are an ardent fan of romance or William Shakespeare, you should never miss the opportunity to read this book.
Excellent! I can't believe I've waited so long to read this classic play! Having only surmised the story of ROMEO AND JULIET and not even seen the movie yet I now know Romeo was a Montague and Juliet a Capulet, two houses at odds.
I know about the disastrous duels, the secret marriage, the surprise suitor and the botched plan and then there's the fatal ending.
. I even had that wrong, and OMGOSH they were so young!I enjoyed actually reading Juliet's melodramatic expressions of love.
. "O Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo" and "Goodnight, goodnight! parting is such sweet sorrow.
That I shall say goodnight till it be morrow, " But, IMHO, none were better than this one, . . "Give me my Romeo, And, when I shall die Take him and cut him out in little, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
"Bring on more Shakespeare! Unforgettable read! Update: March,Oh Boy! Franco Zeffirelli'smovie version of Romeo and Juliet is excellent! Just like reading the screenplay.
Loved it!Thank you GR friends Sara, Lisa and Jonetta for the recommendation!

In terms of language and style, Romeo and Juliet might possibly be the best of all Shakespeare's work.
It's crammed full of some of the most beautiful poetry I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
But the story of lustfilled teens sacrificing themselves because of an extreme burst of instalove Never really been my cup of tea.
Why didnt they just run away together It would have saved a lot of heart ache,



Two things struck me during this rereading:

From the first scene of the play, the sexual puns are drenched in metaphorical violence drawing your weapon, laying knife aboard, forcing women to the wall, etc.
, creating a stark contrast with the purity of Romeo and Juliet's love and language, and

Mercutio, the Nurse and Old Capulet are something totally new both in Shakespeare and also in English drama, that is, characters who are not only realistic but whose language completely reflects their thought processes to the point where they take on a life of their own.
Shakespeare would create many other such characters, but these three are the first, My first reaction when the read was over is why on earth it took me so long to read this beautiful work of Shakespeare having it physically with me all this while.
Perhaps, I thought I didn't really need to read it since I know the story from the movie adaptations I have watched.
How foolish! I had no idea what I had missed for so long,

I have never enjoyed Shakespearean writing as much as I did in this play, It is passionate, lyrical, and humorous, It is amazing that you find all these in a tragedy only a great master can accomplish that feat.
The story is both romantic and tragic, as we well know, But what is incredible is that the play is a "beautiful" tragedy,

This is one of the most outstanding plays that I have read, I loved it. I haven't read many Shakespearean tragedies, and in my mind, no tragedy will outmatch the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet.
It certainly will be my favourite Shakespearean tragedy, .