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anastasia_raf 's review for:
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
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:
Complicated
I read Romeo and Juliet because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about...
I get the "hype" surrounding it, and I imagine it was original and singular in its era... But I barely enjoyed it.
It had some pretty beautiful and lyrical writing in it, and yet so many problematic themes and sentences as well. But as the format I read mentioned, it's not an "unscathed" representation of his work; it has been polished, changed, misrepresented, misunderstood and even experimented with in the theatre.
So I guess, we really cannot know "what the poet was trying to say."
I get the "hype" surrounding it, and I imagine it was original and singular in its era... But I barely enjoyed it.
It had some pretty beautiful and lyrical writing in it, and yet so many problematic themes and sentences as well. But as the format I read mentioned, it's not an "unscathed" representation of his work; it has been polished, changed, misrepresented, misunderstood and even experimented with in the theatre.
So I guess, we really cannot know "what the poet was trying to say."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent