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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers' final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because...
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Contained along with the complete text of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about the "two star-crossed lovers" from Verona is full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books.
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Among the most studied, most read, and most admired works in world literature, the tragedies of Shakespeare constitute a body of work unrivaled in dramatic brilliance, beauty of language, and profundity of thought. This convenient and affordable volume-ideal for students and all lovers of literature-features four of the playwright's greatest works: Hamlet, the revenge drama centering on the introspective Prince of Denmark-one of literature's most...
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The original star-crossed lovers light up the screen against a thumping soundtrack and a boldly imagined modern-day setting. A brand-new transfer from the original camera negative has been overseen frame by frame by director Baz Luhrmann for this Blu-ray release, making the film available in high definition for the first time.
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The classic Shakespeare story told in the form of an animated family film. Romeo and Juliet meet and marry one another in a whirlwind of romance, despite the sworn contempt their families hold for one another. Their love sets in motion a chain of fateful events that changes the lives of both families forever.
11) Romeo & Juliet
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Considered the greatest love story of all time and a bona fide "hit" for over 400 years. Romeo & Juliet is full of passion and oration. Shakespeare's most popular tragedy, it expresses love and death better perhaps, than any work in the English language.
12) Romeo and Juliet
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Jealousy. Prejudice. Betrayal. And the chance that true love could actually conquer all. It could only be the greatest love story of all time, and, for the first time in over 36 years, it played live on Broadway in a stunningly modern production.
18) Romeo and Juliet
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In the gentle streets of fair Verona, a clash of servants between the warring Montagues and Capulets sets the wheels of fate in motion. At a masked ball, the lovelorn Romeo spies the beautiful Juliet and the two soon fall madly in love, only to feel despair once their true identities are revealed. Matters worsen when Romeo slays Tybalt, a nephew of the Capulets, and is banished from the city. Only the intervention of a loyal friar and nurse can...
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Romeo y Julieta es una obra dramática de William Shakespeare, escrita en los años 1594 y 1595 y estrenada en 1595. La obra cuenta la historia de dos jóvenes enamorados que a pesar de la oposición de sus familias, rivales entre si, desiden luchar por su amor hasta el punto de casarse de forma clandestina; sin embargo, la presión de esa realidad y una serie de fatalidades conducen al suicidio de los dos amantes.
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