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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
2023 Shakespeare Complete works challenge
#4 - Romeo and Juliet -
Read 1/17/23- 1/20/23
Rating: 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is the Shakespeare play I know most about. Read the play in 9th grade English class and have read it with my kids for their school. Always a wonderful and memorable play each time I revisit it.
#4 - Romeo and Juliet -
Read 1/17/23- 1/20/23
Rating: 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is the Shakespeare play I know most about. Read the play in 9th grade English class and have read it with my kids for their school. Always a wonderful and memorable play each time I revisit it.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I have to start with how thankful I am this play exists, because of the huge amount of influence it has had on music; composers like Prokofiev, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Gounod, and even Beethoven have found influence from the star-crossed lovers and much of my love for this play is directly due to this music. I mean, can we imagine a world without West Side Story or Prokofiev’s enduring ballet?
For the play itself, Juliet is the star. She (even though she’s not even 14) is the voice of maturity and teaches Romeo how to cast away the cliches of love; as a cynical teenager, I first thought their love was just lust, nothing earnest or sincere. As an adult, it is hard to not believe in their love. The balcony scene of Act 2 is such a celebration of the sudden thunderbolt of true love! Juliet puts it best, in the most resonant line of the play for me: “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.” Isn’t this true love, knowing the more you give to someone, the more you have?
Other standouts are the Nurse and especially Mercutio, who seems to steal the show every time he comes on stage. No wonder he gets disappeared part way through, otherwise Shakespeare would have had to add him to the title. Now, off to watch WSS again!
For the play itself, Juliet is the star. She (even though she’s not even 14) is the voice of maturity and teaches Romeo how to cast away the cliches of love; as a cynical teenager, I first thought their love was just lust, nothing earnest or sincere. As an adult, it is hard to not believe in their love. The balcony scene of Act 2 is such a celebration of the sudden thunderbolt of true love! Juliet puts it best, in the most resonant line of the play for me: “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.” Isn’t this true love, knowing the more you give to someone, the more you have?
Other standouts are the Nurse and especially Mercutio, who seems to steal the show every time he comes on stage. No wonder he gets disappeared part way through, otherwise Shakespeare would have had to add him to the title. Now, off to watch WSS again!
foarte trista povestea, dar pe cat de trista, pe atat de fascinanta
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Disturbing like most Shakespeare pieces. I wouldn't read it again since the plot did not interest me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief
Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Listened to audio recording, each part read by a different person and it was tragic in deed.
12-8-2024 Re-visiting one of The Bard's most enjoyable and well loved tragic plays. I listened to the Audible version done by the Professional Marlowe Players for Argo Classics. Reading along with the plays is a wonderful way to enjoy Shakespeare.
12-8-2024 Re-visiting one of The Bard's most enjoyable and well loved tragic plays. I listened to the Audible version done by the Professional Marlowe Players for Argo Classics. Reading along with the plays is a wonderful way to enjoy Shakespeare.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes