A review by minzzi
Romeu e Julieta by William Shakespeare, Beatriz Viégas-Faria

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

  I wrote a truly gigantic review just for the app to reload and erase everything, so I will be simple and fast this time around, cause in pissed:
  • Loved Juliet and Friar Lourenço, 'cause they are the only people with working brains in this play;
  • Also loved Mercúcio 'cause he is funny and gay (fight me);
  • Romeo is an anoying spoiled brat that had to make up problems in his life since he had none;
  • Liked the discussions on gender roles and how woman were viewed only as wife, daughter or sex object for men, although Shakespeare was a white man in the 1500, so you never know if he is really being critical or just punishing his characters for breaking the norm;
  • The simbolism of love being a kind of violence is neat;
  • They didn't actually love each other, Romeo just wanted to be in love and Juliet wanted freedom from her father.
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