Bibliograph

The complete Romeo and Juliet, an annotated edition of the Shakespeare play, Donald J. Richardson

Type

Label

The complete Romeo and Juliet, an annotated edition of the Shakespeare play, Donald J. Richardson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The complete Romeo and Juliet

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Donald J. Richardson

Sub title

an annotated edition of the Shakespeare play

Summary

Among teenagers Romeo and Juliet appears to be the most popular of the Shakespeare tragedies. Perhaps this is because of the age of the protagonists. I suspect it is something far deeper than that, however. The depth of passion evinced by both Romeo and Juliet is familiar to most adolescents, and their isolation from the world of adults is also recognized by contemporary teens. Capulets ranting when dealing with Juliets nascent independence is no doubt familiar to todays sons and daughters. Thus, it seems Shakespeare continues to speak a universal language; this, I believe, accounts for the continued popularity of the work

Target audience

adult

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