Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet" is one of the famous tragic stories written by Shakespeare. The story involves with love, death and revenge. The root of the play is the enmity of the two noble families.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the English poet and playwright, is usually known as the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon, England. His father was a successful businessman. Shakespeare attended the local grammar school.

Shakespeare began writing as a poet and dramatist about 1591, aged 27, and his plays quickly became famous and popular in London. He wrote many poems, the best known of which are the Sonnets. The poems are famous for their beautiful language and strong emotions. Shakespeare introduced four kinds of plays, namely comedies, history play, tragedies, and romances. His plays were written mostly in verse and were admired for their poetic language, dramatic technique and literary style.

Shakespeare uses several styles of writing in his plays. In "Romeo and Juliet", he used Prose, Sonnets, and Blank.

Prose is used to narrate the actions of characters and other view. For exampl

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Besides, the quarrel between Tybalt, Romeo and his friends results in death of Tybalt and Romeo's friend while Romeo is banished. Juliet, who is only fourteen, loves Romeo at first sight. He has caused many problems since he was a schoolboy. After that, Juliet awoke and saw her dead husband; therefore, she committed suicide by stabbing herself with Romeo' s dagger. They are not so bitter in their enmity. Tybalt has red hair and troublesome attitude. Away from the marriage, Romeo was challenged to a duel by Tybalt, but Mercutio fought with Tybalt instead. A moment later, Juliet quietly went to Friar's house to ask for help. He loves Romeo as a close friend; he dares to fight with Tybalt for the sake of Romeo. She followed Friar's plan by taking a deathlike-sleep medicine as Wednesday night. Meantime, Count Paris, kinsman of the king, asked Lord and Lady Capulet for marrying Juliet, but the Lord Capulet disagreed. Juliet is very pretty and loyal to her husband as she dares to kill herself to accompany Romeo. But at the end of the story, he was more powerful to force the two noble family unite.

Approximate Word count = 1576
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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