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7.78k reviews for:
Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare Appreciated: SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide
William Shakespeare, Joan Walker
3.5 AVERAGE
7.78k reviews for:
Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare Appreciated: SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide
William Shakespeare, Joan Walker
3.5 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Shakespeare is beloved and widely studied for a reason. The Great Bard never fails to enthrall.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Walić Julie i Romeo nawet nie jest Alfa, niedopuszczalne
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lo que genera no tener un crush ficticio en la adolescencia
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For reasons I won't disclose on goodreads, I will take with me a bitter connotation...lol
Ugh. I don't think this generation understands the story of Romeo and Juliet. It's a TRAGEDY more than it is a romance... duh.
Something I emphasized for the freshmen (that I actually like about this story) showed up in Act 2 Scene 3. Friar Lawrence being both a franciscan friar AND an apothecary is silly to me (early nuance in christianity?? lol) He talks about vice and virtue, using his medicinal herbs as metaphors for such: "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, / And vice sometime by action dignified." He holds this plant and explains how sniffing it could cure someone's ails, but ingesting it would kill them--further exploring evil in good and good in evil, intertwined. I love this idea here, and it continues to be an important metaphor that foreshadows later events.
Definitely not my favorite Shakespearean play. They're 13 and 16....like....relax. Big decisions and silly moments. We love a long-winded character. I kept telling the students that Shakespeare uses a lot of fancy words to essentially just say, "Ugh. I really don't want to go to this party!!!"
After seeing A Midsummer Night's Dream with the freshmen, I definitely have decided that Shakespeare is meant to be performed over read in classes. Going to reread The Tempest next, probably. Metaphors are way cooler.
It's important for students to read Shakespeare though, but so much is lost when your most reluctant 14-year-old reader drones on and butchers Romeo's lines. Sorry!!!!
Ugh. I don't think this generation understands the story of Romeo and Juliet. It's a TRAGEDY more than it is a romance... duh.
Something I emphasized for the freshmen (that I actually like about this story) showed up in Act 2 Scene 3. Friar Lawrence being both a franciscan friar AND an apothecary is silly to me (early nuance in christianity?? lol) He talks about vice and virtue, using his medicinal herbs as metaphors for such: "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, / And vice sometime by action dignified." He holds this plant and explains how sniffing it could cure someone's ails, but ingesting it would kill them--further exploring evil in good and good in evil, intertwined. I love this idea here, and it continues to be an important metaphor that foreshadows later events.
Definitely not my favorite Shakespearean play. They're 13 and 16....like....relax. Big decisions and silly moments. We love a long-winded character. I kept telling the students that Shakespeare uses a lot of fancy words to essentially just say, "Ugh. I really don't want to go to this party!!!"
After seeing A Midsummer Night's Dream with the freshmen, I definitely have decided that Shakespeare is meant to be performed over read in classes. Going to reread The Tempest next, probably. Metaphors are way cooler.
It's important for students to read Shakespeare though, but so much is lost when your most reluctant 14-year-old reader drones on and butchers Romeo's lines. Sorry!!!!
I think that if this play weren’t so forced upon by the high school curriculum—obliging a lot of people to have the mindset of “I have to read this shit for school”—people would enjoy it more and discredit it less.
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes