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Contained along with the complete text of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about the "two star-crossed lovers" from Verona is full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books.
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Among the most studied, most read, and most admired works in world literature, the tragedies of Shakespeare constitute a body of work unrivaled in dramatic brilliance, beauty of language, and profundity of thought. This convenient and affordable volume-ideal for students and all lovers of literature-features four of the playwright's greatest works: Hamlet, the revenge drama centering on the introspective Prince of Denmark-one of literature's most...
14) Romeo and Juliet
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In the gentle streets of fair Verona, a clash of servants between the warring Montagues and Capulets sets the wheels of fate in motion. At a masked ball, the lovelorn Romeo spies the beautiful Juliet and the two soon fall madly in love, only to feel despair once their true identities are revealed. Matters worsen when Romeo slays Tybalt, a nephew of the Capulets, and is banished from the city. Only the intervention of a loyal friar and nurse can...
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Romeo y Julieta es una obra dramática de William Shakespeare, escrita en los años 1594 y 1595 y estrenada en 1595. La obra cuenta la historia de dos jóvenes enamorados que a pesar de la oposición de sus familias, rivales entre si, desiden luchar por su amor hasta el punto de casarse de forma clandestina; sin embargo, la presión de esa realidad y una serie de fatalidades conducen al suicidio de los dos amantes.
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A dark love story about Juliet Capulet who is forced to live for all eternity without her soul mate, Romeo. Broken and numb, she meets a young woman who captures her heart again but Juliet's new family, headed by a blood-thirsty patriarch, disapproves of the romance. Juliet must once again choose between love and family obligations, terrified that repeating her past mistakes will once again lead to tragedy.
19) Romeo and Juliet
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A 1954 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same title: the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
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"Romeo and Juliet share a romance not meant for this mortal coil. Their love has the power to alter the course of time and change the world they must if there is to be any hope for a future. Together they will discover the brutal truths of both past and future while maintaining their devotion to a love once found only in fairy tales. All the while, villainous Duke Montague opposes their union and crushes Neo Verona with a boot to its throat. As their...
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