Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Shakespeares best play. No doubt about it. A must read over and over again through the years.

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In my opinion one of the worst tragedies of Shakespeare. Plot looks like taken from some cheap brazialian novel, only that without happy ending. 2 hating each other families and concept of lovers, who were "victims" of family's issuses. But in my opinion Juliet was 12 year old idiot, who had no idea what love was. She saw Romeo, who was in love with every woman who was pretty and...more

In my opinion one of the worst tragedies of Shakespeare. Plot looks like taken from some cheap brazialian novel, only that without happy ending. 2 hating each other families and concept of lovers, who were "victims" of family's issuses. But in my opinion Juliet was 12 year old idiot, who had no idea what love was. She saw Romeo, who was in love with every woman who was pretty and fell in love. Romeo, next hopeless moron. Firstly, madly in love with beautiful Rosaline, then he saw Juliet's beauty and started being mad about her. What love is it then? 2 immature kids, who were together mainly because in this age you do everything, whats contrary to parens' opinion. World seen by teenagers' eyes only, where only their love is good and all rest of people who are against are bad.   hide

I'm not a believer in love at first sight, so I always thought the premise was a bit silly. I didn't come to love this play until I taught it to a group of ninth graders during my semester of student teaching. I had read the play in school, but was never given the opportunity to do more than merely read it. My students were encouraged to act it out and to watch clips from several...more

I'm not a believer in love at first sight, so I always thought the premise was a bit silly. I didn't come to love this play until I taught it to a group of ninth graders during my semester of student teaching. I had read the play in school, but was never given the opportunity to do more than merely read it. My students were encouraged to act it out and to watch clips from several versions to see how a different director's perspective could change the story. The most fun day was when the class divided up into Montagues and Capulets and hurled Shakespearean insults at each other. People get scared of the language, but that's really the best part of Shakespeare. Revel in it!   hide