Connell Guide to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" - Palfrey Simon
Connell Guide to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" - Palfrey Simon Romeo and Juliet is routinely called "the world's greatest love story," as though it is all about romance. But when we look at the…
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Connell Guide to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" - Palfrey Simon
Romeo and Juliet is routinely called "the world's greatest love story," as though it is all about romance. But when we look at the play, the lyricism and the romance are not really what drive things along. The play features some of the most lyrical passages in all of drama, and the lovers are young, beautiful, and ardent.
Everything he says is romantic - but rather like an anniversary card is romantic. It is true that Romeo, especially early on in the play, acts like a young man determined to take his place in an immortal tale of love. His words propel nothing, or nothing but sarcastic admonitions from his friends to forget about love and to treat women as they should be treated, with careless physical appetite.
The world we have entered is rapacious more than romantic. Everyone knows something of this, from the film versions of the story if nothing else. Romeo and Juliet must fight for
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