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One of his most popular plays is the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, talking about the tragic ending of the young love of two teenagers. It is considered the best play about love in the world. The story takes place in Verona, a city in Italy. Romeo and Juliet are two young teenagers who love each other indeed but can not realize their dreams because their families Montagues and Capulets are in a deadly feud. Romeo and Juliet get secretly married. After the wedding Romeo comes across the Juliets cousin Tybalt, who challenges him to a fight. But Romeo doesnt want to fight his new
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In general, Romeo and Juliet has been a really good topic to discuss and criticize. The Cambridge History of English Drama,
Volume 5: The Drama to 1642, Part 1. Another thing we should keep in mind is that although the script pas been written for the performance, its read and understood easily (Brian C). But Shakespeare has used some simple language, characteristic for his later plays, too ("The World Book Encyclopedia 17" 358). Artificial language, used a lot in the play, was characteristic for the Elizabethan age ("The World Book Encyclopedia 17" 358). Some of the finest poetry in the play is given by Romeo, when he sees Juliet for the first time (Brian C). But to Elizabethans sexual desire was not antithetical to romance; it was the essence of romance (Brian C).
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