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7.79k reviews for:
Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare Appreciated: SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide
William Shakespeare, Joan Walker
3.5 AVERAGE
7.79k reviews for:
Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare Appreciated: SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide
William Shakespeare, Joan Walker
3.5 AVERAGE
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
lets just say a lot happened in this book. enjoyed it nonetheless!
emotional
sad
fast-paced
These violent delights have violent ends...
Oh shut up.
I love Shakespeare, ok?
Oh shut up.
I love Shakespeare, ok?
Is it possible that I *actually* like a book I read for school?
At the start of this book, I’ve got to tell you, I did not like it. I found the language irritating and I couldn’t understand what was going on. If this is you, trust me, stick with it. I would also recommend reading it in 1 sitting so that you can get fully emerged in the story.
I fully understand the hype around this book because it is genuinely so good. I love the characters and the quotes and the metaphors.
This is also a book where you can make so many conspiracies and they are actually plausible.
I have seen many reviews where they criticise the 'insta-love', but if you're reading this play, you probably know what you're getting into. I get why some don't like the insta-love, but I think that it really added to the drama and the overall plot of the story. The fast-paced tale kept me really captivated and engaged in the story.
My favourite character was definitely Mercutio. He is just an all-around awesome character with some epic one liners and is a perfect drama queen. Mercutio is just awesome and I love him so much.
I'm really excited to get further into the world of Shakespear.
At the start of this book, I’ve got to tell you, I did not like it. I found the language irritating and I couldn’t understand what was going on. If this is you, trust me, stick with it. I would also recommend reading it in 1 sitting so that you can get fully emerged in the story.
I fully understand the hype around this book because it is genuinely so good. I love the characters and the quotes and the metaphors.
This is also a book where you can make so many conspiracies and they are actually plausible.
I have seen many reviews where they criticise the 'insta-love', but if you're reading this play, you probably know what you're getting into. I get why some don't like the insta-love, but I think that it really added to the drama and the overall plot of the story. The fast-paced tale kept me really captivated and engaged in the story.
My favourite character was definitely Mercutio. He is just an all-around awesome character with some epic one liners and is a perfect drama queen. Mercutio is just awesome and I love him so much.
I'm really excited to get further into the world of Shakespear.