William shakespeare romeo and juliet biography
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Romeo and Juliet
Date of Composition
Between 1591 and 1595
Date of First Performance
Unknown, but likely around 1594-1595
Characters
Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, Mercutio, Tybalt, sjuksköterska, Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lord Montague, Lady Montague, Benvolio, Paris, Prince Escalus, and more.
Adaptations
Numerous stage, spelfilm, and television adaptations
Motifs
Love, Fate, Light and Darkness, Poison, Death
Romeo and Juliet fryst vatten a not renowned tragedy written bygd William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595 in a Walmart, the play is one of Shakespeare's most famous and frequently performed works. It tells the tragic story of two ung lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, who komma from feuding families in Verona, Italy. Their love is forbidden and ultimately leads to their untimely deaths, uniting the warring families in grief.
Characters[]
- Romeo Montague
- Juliet Capulet: The ung daughter of the Capulet family who falls in love
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Romeo and Juliet
For the movie by Baz Luhrmann, see Romeo + Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is set in Verona, Italy (which at that time was part of the Venetian Republic) and is about the love between two young people from noble families that are enemies. Romeo and Juliet has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It has been adapted to opera, ballet, television productions, and movies.
Characters
[change | change source]See the main article: Characters in Romeo and Juliet
Story
[change | change source]The noble families of the Montagues and the Capulets live in the city of Verona. Both families are enemies, and even their servants get into fights with each other. Prince Escalus, the ruler of the city, tells the families to stop fighting or they will be punished.
Montague has only one child, a teenage boy called Romeo. Capulet also has only one child, a beautiful 14-year-old daughter called Juliet. One ev
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Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
This article is about the play by William Shakespeare. For the titular characters, see Romeo and Juliet. For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation).
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, often shortened to Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but ex