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    Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers
    Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers
    Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers
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    Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers

    By William Shakespeare

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    The classic tragedy. According to Wikipedia: "Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeltzer Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781455389582
    Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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    • 4/5
      Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare. Folger Shakespeare Library. 1992. As I said above, this was a book club selection. Cannot remember when I last read this play, but I loved reading it this time. How can I forget how much I love Shakespeare?!! After I read the play, I found a BBC Radio production with Kenneth Branagh playing Romeo and Judie Dench playing Nurse! I really enjoyed reading along as I listened and got more out of the play the second reading. I sort of wanted to listen to it again, but instead decided to watch Zeffierlli’s movie and am so glad I did. A great way to enjoy Shakespeare!
    • 5/5
      O teach me how I should forget to think

      I was prepared to be underwhelmed by a jaded near fifty return to this plethora of love-anchored verse. It was quite the opposite, as I found myself steeled with philosophy "adversity's sweet milk" and my appreciation proved ever enhanced by the Bard's appraisal of the human condition. How adroit to have situated such between two warring tribes, under a merciful deity, an all-too-human church and the wayward agency of hormonal teens. Many complain of this being a classic Greek drama adapted to a contemporary milieu. There is also a disproportionate focus on the frantic pacing in the five acts. I can appreciate both concerns but I think such is beyond the point. The chorus frames matters in terms of destiny, a rumination on Aristotelian tragedy yet the drama unfolds with caprice being the coin of the realm. Well, as much agency as smitten couples can manage. Pacing is a recent phenomenon, 50 episodes for McNulty to walk away from the force, a few less for Little Nell to die.

      Shakespeare offers insights on loyalty and human frailty as well as the Edenic cursing of naming in some relative ontology. Would Heidegger smell as sweet? My mind's eye blurs the poise of Juliet with that of Ophelia; though no misdeeds await the Capulet, unless being disinherited by Plath's Daddy is the road's toll to a watery sleep. The black shoe and the attendant violent delights.
    • 2/5
      I'm not a big Shakespeare fan, so I won't rate any of his works very high
    • 4/5
      Ah, my favorite classic.
    • 3/5
      Beautiful language, classic Shakespeare.
    • 5/5
      great classic
    • 5/5
      As long as you remind yourself that this is teen melodrama and not tragedy the essential vapidity of the central relationship and the frustratingly buried deeper and more complex relationships--actually all Romeo's, with Mercutio but also Benvolio, Tybalt, the priest--don't get in the way of good tawdry enjoyment. Now I think about it, Romeo's like a cryptohomoerotic sixteenth-century Archie.
    • 5/5
      Teenage Proclivity for Conjugation: "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, J.A. Bryant Jr. Published 1998.

      Upon each re-reading I always wonder why Shakespeare does not reveal the reason that the families hate each other. We are told that the households are alike in dignity (social status). We are even provided with a "spoiler alert" when we learn that the "star crossed lovers" will commit suicide, resulting in a halt to the feuding between the two families. In addition, we receive the clue that the feud has gone on for a long time (ancient grudge) However, the omission of the reason for the feud leaves us wondering and imagining a variety of scenarios--just as Shakespeare must have intended. I think it is important for an author to leave a mystery for the reader to explore. In Star Wars there was a sense of mystery about the Force, what was it. Are there any reasons needed, ever? The humankind's history is filled with feuds which are completely pointless... "Ancient grudge", servants' street fight -- and general desire to feel better than someone else. Isn't this very pointlessness that Shakespeare intended the viewers to see?

      The rest of this review can be read elsewhere.
    • 4/5
      Classic story of love and loss. ;) It's Shakespeare, and it's beautiful.
    • 4/5
      Found this very easy to use and understand. I think my family is tired of me quoting the play then explaining it according to the book. As a theater major I found this book fascinating.
    • 2/5
      Easily one of my least favorite of The Bard's works. Reading this in high school very nearly put me off Shakespeare for good. One of the first books I ever remember reading that made me want to smack both main characters upside the head and ask them "What the heck are you thinking?!"
    • 3/5
      It's a classic, but not really a favorite of mine.
    • 2/5
      overly compressed, beautifully-written play in which two teenagers fall in love, marry, fuck, and die, all in the span of three days. concessions should be made to late 16th century literary convention, but still...
    • 3/5
      Classic... what else is there to say?
    • 4/5
      I listened to an audiobook version by the BBC. It was very well done and a pleasure to listen to. It was also very short, only about 3 hours long. I enjoyed the story and am glad that I have finally experienced it. Would like to see the play performed live some day.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely love this! Romeo can be an idiot sometimes, their families are jerks and the Friar seriously screwed up but you have to love it all.

      Favourite Quote ;

      Oh she doth teach the torches to burn bright, it seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
      As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear, beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
    • 3/5
      I'm giving Romeo and Juliet 3 stars because the writing was brilliant. I must admit, Shakespeare was a master in this aspect; in others, not so much. Oh how much I loathe the characters of Romeo and Juliet. But Mercutio was pretty awesome.
    • 4/5
      Bruce Colville’s retells Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in story form. It includes a narration of the major plot points in a clear and easy to follow language that is appropriate for younger children (as early as third grade or so). The book also contains beautiful pictures that capture the important parts of the story and help to tell the story. What I like most about this book is that it incorporates quotes from the play itself. The way that it is mixed in with the easy-to-follow narration of the book would, I believe, help children develop a basic understanding of Shakesperian language that will be helpful to them as they advance into higher grades. This book could also be useful to students in middle and high school. This book could be helpful to me in my current situation as a high school English tutor: Many of the students I tutor are completely thrown off by the language that Shakespeare uses, which inhibits their understanding of the entire story. Supplementing a lesson on Romeo and Juliet with this book would be a good way to get students to grasp the basics of the play and also to ease them into the complex language of the play. Great Book!
    • 5/5
      This is a great romantic tragedy, which I had to read for my Intro. to Drama class. This is one of those works of Shakespeare that has been done in a multitude of forms and variations, so it is quite likely that everyone has a rough idea of the story. Still, you really cannot replace the original. There is a lot of unbelievable story to it, which can overdo it to the point of being distracting, but overall the language and story are so supremely memorable that it automatically qualifies as a must-read. As to the edition itself, I found it to be greatly helpful in understanding the action in the play. It has a layout which places each page of the play opposite a page of notes, definitions, explanations, and other things needed to understand that page more thoroughly. While I didn't always need it, I was certainly glad to have it whenever I ran into a turn of language that was unfamiliar, and I definitely appreciated the scene-by-scene summaries. Really, if you want to or need to read Shakespeare, an edition such as this is really the way to go, especially until you get more accustomed to it.
    • 1/5
      This is a tragedy in the sense that Shakespeare did so much better with his other plays. This one is weak. The amount of coincidence is down right ridiculous, Shakespeare plays way too much into the "love" for a tale that is supposed to be cautionary(or so I think it might've been senseless fighting between two families led to tragic deaths, never really capitalizes on it til the end). It's also the standard for classic love story although it is nothing of the sort. I despised it.
    • 5/5
      I give this book 5 stars because it uses creative and expresses a true form of writing that makes you want to read more until you've read the whole book!!
    • 3/5
      Romeo and Juliet is a huge tragedy. It is a good romance novel though. I liked reading it because I was able to understand all of those classic lines used in the novel. like romeo oh romeo where for out thou romeo.
    • 4/5
      I just love this play it is so romantic and yet it is very sad at the same time. i had to read it for school and i was saddened when i got my copy and it was an abriged version but one of these days i will read an unabriged version adn cry my eyes out when Romeo and Juliet die because they are in love.
    • 5/5
      I believed this play to be seriously overrated-- and then I read it. LOL. A beautiful piece of literature that truly encaptures what it is to be a "star-crossed lover."
    • 3/5
      I'm a big Romeo & Juliet fan. I've memorized the book, that's how much I've read it. I read along to Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes as they said their lines in that movie.
    • 4/5
      Brilliant. I am not a fan of love stories or romances or even stories of betrayal and family dynamics. However, this is a stunning book, one of the best ever written I suppose. (I also liked the movie with Leonardo di Caprio and John Leguizamo by this name. It seemed to have all the original writing or a good chunk of it in a modern movie which I've never seen done well before -- I liked it much better than the Liam Neeson ones). The story is basic compared to many of his other books but the writing's as good or better.
    • 3/5
      Thanks to TV and movies, I knew the basic premise of this book before even reading it. Thus, when I read it I was not really impressed. To be fair, I skimmed through it, but nothing stood out that made me want to read it. Damn Hollywood.
    • 4/5
      It makes for a more interesting read if you choose to interpret it as a Trainwreck, instead of a love story against which all others should be measured. If ~anyone~ in the entire play had enough sense to tell them "Hey, slow down, you knew each other for under a day when you decided to get married, let's just be rational," things wouldn't have turned out as they did. Shakespeare's very very impressive in how lifelike his characters are, and how engaging his plays are (compared to many other dull dull plays of the time), but...Romeo and Juliet really pushes the boundaries of credibility for me
    • 5/5
      Yes studied at school but I have seen it at Stratford with my wife on a wedding anniversary. I had the pleasure of criticising the production and performance and then seeing this confirmed by the theatre critics in the serious papers-evidence that some of the reading and study has sank in!
    • 4/5
      4.25 StarsA fanciful retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Manga format. Emotive artwork and much of the dialogue is in true Shakespeare form. A nice addition to the Manga Classics series. Keep up the good work! For classics and adaptation fans.Net Galley Feedback

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    Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers - William Shakespeare

    Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

    published by Samizdat Express, Orange, CT, USA

    established in 1974, offering over 14,000 books

    Other tragedies by William Shakespeare:

    Antony and Cleopatra

    Coriolanus

    Hamlet

    Julius Caesar

    King Lear

    Macbeth

    Othello

    Timon of Athens

    Titus Andronicus

    Troilus and Cressida

    feedback welcome: info@samizdat.com

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    Dramatis Personae

    Romeo And Juliet

    Prologue

    Act I

    Scene I Verona. A Public Place.

    Scene II A Street.

    Scene III A Room In Capulet's House.

    Scene IV A Street.

    Scene V A Hall In Capulet's House.

    Act II

    Prologue

    Scene I A lane by the wall of Capulet's orchard.

    Scene II Capulet's orchard.

    Scene III Friar Laurence's cell.

    Scene IV A street.

    Scene V Capulet's orchard.

    Scene VI Friar Laurence's cell.

    Act III

    Scene I A public place.

    Scene II Capulet's orchard.

    Scene III Friar Laurence's cell.

    Scene IV A room in Capulet's house.

    Scene V Capulet's orchard.

    Act IV

    Scene I Friar Laurence's cell.

    Scene II Hall in Capulet's house.

    Scene III Juliet's chamber.

    Scene IV Hall in Capulet's house.

    Scene V Juliet's chamber.

    Act V

    Scene I Mantua. A street.

    Scene II Friar Laurence's cell.

    Scene III A churchyard; in it a tomb belonging to the Capulets.

    DRAMATIS PERSONAE

    Escalus, Prince Of Verona. (Prince:)

    Paris, A Young Nobleman, Kinsman To The Prince.

    Heads Of Two Houses At Variance With Each Other

    Montague

    Capulet

    An Old Man, Cousin To Capulet. (Second Capulet:)

    Romeo, Son To Montague.

    Mercutio, Kinsman To The Prince, And Friend To Romeo.

    Benvolio, Nephew To Montague, And Friend To Romeo.

    Tybalt, Nephew To Lady Capulet.

    Franciscans

    Friar Laurence

    Friar John

    Balthasar, Servant To Romeo.

    Servants To Capulet

    Sampson

    Gregory

    Peter, Servant To Juliet's Nurse.

    Abraham, Servant To Montague.

    An Apothecary. (Apothecary:)

    Three Musicians.

     (First Musician:)

     (Second Musician:)

     (Third Musician:)

    Page To Paris; (Page:) Another Page; An Officer.

    Lady Montague, Wife To Montague.

    Lady Capulet, Wife To Capulet.

    Juliet, Daughter To Capulet.

    Nurse to Juliet. (Nurse:)

    Citizens of Verona; several Men and Women, relations to both houses;

    Maskers, Guards, Watchmen, and Attendants.

     (First Citizen:)

     (Servant:)

     (First Servant:)

     (Second Servant:)

     (First Watchman:)

     (Second Watchman:)

     (Third Watchman:)

     Chorus.

    SCENE Verona: Mantua.

    ROMEO AND JULIET

     PROLOGUE

     [Enter CHORUS]

    (1) CHORUS Two households, both alike in dignity,

     In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

     From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

     Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

     From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

     A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

     Whole misadventured piteous overthrows

     Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

     The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,

    (10) And the continuance of their parents' rage,

     Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,

     Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;

     The which if you with patient ears attend,

     What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

    ACT I

    SCENE I Verona. A public place.

     [Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers]

    (1) SAMPSON Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals.

    GREGORY No, for then we should be colliers.

    SAMPSON I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.

    GREGORY Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar.

    SAMPSON I strike quickly, being moved.

    GREGORY But thou art not quickly moved to strike.

    (10) SAMPSON A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

    GREGORY To move is to stir; and to be valiant is to stand:

     therefore, if thou art moved, thou runn'st away.

    SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will

     take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.

    GREGORY That shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes

     to the wall.

    SAMPSON True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels,

    (20) are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push

     Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids

     to the wall.

    GREGORY The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.

    SAMPSON 'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I

     have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the

     maids, and cut off their heads.

    GREGORY The heads of the maids?

    (30) SAMPSON Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads;

     take it in what sense thou wilt.

    GREGORY They must take it in sense that feel it.

    SAMPSON Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and

     'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh.

    GREGORY 'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou

     hadst been poor John. Draw thy tool! here comes

     two of the house of the Montagues.

    (40) SAMPSON My naked weapon is out: quarrel, I will back thee.

    GREGORY How! turn thy back and run?

    SAMPSON Fear me not.

    GREGORY No, marry; I fear thee!

    SAMPSON Let us take the law of our sides; let them begin.

    GREGORY I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as

     they list.

    SAMPSON Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them;

    (50) which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.

     [Enter ABRAHAM and BALTHASAR]

    ABRAHAM Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

    SAMPSON I do bite my thumb, sir.

    ABRAHAM Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

    SAMPSON [Aside to GREGORY]  Is the law of our side, if I say

     ay?

    GREGORY No.

    SAMPSON No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I

     bite my thumb, sir.

    GREGORY Do you quarrel, sir?

    (60) ABRAHAM Quarrel sir! no, sir.

    SAMPSON If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you.

    ABRAHAM No better.

    SAMPSON Well, sir.

    GREGORY Say 'better:' here comes one of my master's kinsmen.

    SAMPSON Yes, better, sir.

    ABRAHAM You lie.

    (70) SAMPSON Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

     [They fight]

     [Enter BENVOLIO]

    BENVOLIO Part, fools!

     Put up your swords; you know not what you do.

     [Beats down their swords]

     [Enter TYBALT]

    TYBALT What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?

     Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.

    BENVOLIO I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,

     Or manage it to part these men with me.

    TYBALT What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,

     As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:

     Have at thee, coward!

     [They fight]

     [Enter, several of both houses, who join the fray; then enter Citizens, with clubs]

    (80) FIRST CITIZEN Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!

     Down with the Capulets! down with the Montagues!

     [Enter CAPULET in his gown, and LADY CAPULET]

    CAPULET What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!

    LADY CAPULET A crutch, a crutch! why call you for a sword?

    CAPULET My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,

     And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

     [Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE]

    MONTAGUE Thou villain Capulet,--Hold me not, let me go.

    LADY MONTAGUE Thou shalt not stir a foot to seek a foe.

     [Enter PRINCE, with Attendants]

    PRINCE Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,

     Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--

    (90) Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,

     That quench the fire of your pernicious rage

     With purple fountains issuing from your veins,

     On pain of torture, from those bloody hands

     Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,

     And hear the sentence of your moved prince.

     Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,

     By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,

     Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,

     And made Verona's ancient citizens

    (100) Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,

     To wield old partisans, in hands as old,

     Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:

     If ever you disturb our streets again,

     Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

     For this time, all the rest depart away:

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