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Romeoand

Juliet William

Shakespeare

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Ana Mara Lario Castelln

1. Short Biography of the author.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon (Great Britain) in156 ! "e was an #n$lish poet and pla%wri$ht and one of the mostimportant authors of the &niversal 'iterature!

"e was the third hild of ohnShakespeare* a lo al businessmanand politi ian* and +ar% Arden!

We know ver% little about his life!"e probabl% attended the ,in$ s.ew Grammar S hool* but he didn/t$o to the universit%! When he wasei$hteen* he married Anne"athawa%* with whom he had threehildren0 Susanna* "amnet (whodied at the a$e of eleven) andudith!

n 1523 he moved to 'ondon where he be ame a well-known artist workin$ for the 'ord 4hamberlain s 4ompan%* a theatre ompan%! "e was also a part owner of an a tin$ ompan%0 the Globe!

Shakespeare was also a poet! "is most important poems are0 Venus and

Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece and the Sonnets.

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"owever* his a tivit% as a pla%wri$ht was the one who made him famous!"e wrote fourteen omedies ( The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream or The Merchant of Venice) * ten tra$edies ( Romeo and u!iet, "am!et, #the!!o or Mac$eth) and ten histori al dramas ( Richard %%%or "enr& %V )

n 161 he left 'ondon and stopped writin$ and went ba k to Stratford where he bou$ht a house alled .ew la e! "e died on April the 3 rd*1616 and was buried at the "ol% 7rinit% 4hur h in Stratford!

2. Sociological and Historical Background of the Times

Romeo and u!iet was published around 1525* that is* at the end of 89entur%! :urin$ the +odern era whi h be$an around 15;; with the 2 with the

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9erona* the 4apulet/s house* father 'awren e/s house* a street in +antuaand a $arden outside a hur h!

4. Synopsis

4apulet and +onta$ue were two rival families! ?omeo* 'ord +onta$ue/sson* attended the ball at 4apulet/s house without invitation and when hefirst saw uliet* 'ord 4apulet/s dau$hter* the% felt in love immediatel%!

7he% de ided to $et married se retl% with father 'awren e/s help be auseof the hatred of their families! When ever%thin$ seemed to be marvelousfor the two sweethearts* uliet/s ousin 7%balt* hallen$ed ?omeo to aduel be ause he had been to 4apulet/s ball* but ?omeo refused to fi$ht!"owever* +er utio* ?omeo/s best friend* a epted the duel and he waskilled b% 7%balt! As onseDuen e* ?omeo $ot an$r% and killed 7%balt!#s alus* rin e of 9erona* told ?omeo to eEile or to die* so ?omeoes aped to +antua! uliet asked father 'awren e for help in order to not$et married with aris and he $ave her a kind of poison with whom sheslept for a ouple of hours and ever%bod% thou$ht she was death!

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1 . /oint of 0ie) -rom the !uthor .

7he author s point of view is neutral* be ause he Fust wants to $o intohuman soul in depth to eEpress its passions and ontradi tions! What ismore* he doesn t parti ipate in the pla% dire tl%* but throu$h the

hara ters! 7he author doesn t want to persuade the reader and doesn teEpress his beliefs and thou$hts! have also to sa% that is a non-fi tion book!

11.$lima of the )ork

7he limaE of the work is when ?omeo anduliet $ot married* be ause it s when

ever%thin$ seems to be alri$ht and what %ou eEpe ted when %ou start to read thestor%!

1 2. Some rele ant 5uotations

As a love stor% we an see romantide larations like0

*hat+s in a name -ou are a Montagueand % am a apu!et. The&+re /ust names, the& don+t mean an&thing. %!o e &ou, and that+s the on!& thing that matters.

%f our hands can touch, our !ips can touch too.

-ou are dead, $ut &ou are sti!! $eautifu!. This wi!! $e our !ast (iss. So,with a (iss % die.

0ut !oo(1 *hat !ight is that %t is the east, and u!iet is the sun.

13. $onclusion

7he stor% of ?omeo and uliet has be ome the ar het%pe of love stor%! Who doesn t know their passionate and tra$i stor% in our worldK

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real to kill themselves be ause of it! 7his takes me to another point0sui ide! t testifies how Dui kl% thin$s are made when %ou are in love!

Another point whi h found interestin$ is $ettin$ married so %oun$ (as we ould see* uliet $ets married with 1 %ears old) and no hoosin$ %our

husband! f %ou reveal to this destin%* thin$s an $o wron$* like with?omeo and uliet!

But* what would have happened if ?omeo hadn t talked with the servantand had $ot the news from