Saturday, 6 November 2010

Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet" is a romantic tale revolving around the dispute between to opposing families: the Capulet and the Montague. One fateful night, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague finds one another at a party; they inevitably fall for each other.

Against the wills of their families, they establish their betrothal in secret. However, to their dismay, Juliet's father takes action as he forces her to marry a different man. Though only faithful to Romeo, Juliet drinks a sleeping potion (to fake her death) at the wedding, hoping Romeo would come back for her.

Tragically, the plan was misguided. As when Romeo, who is oblivious to the scheme, witnesses Juliet 'dead' he kills himself. Unfortunately, when Juliet awakens, she finds Romeo has died, so in turn, Juliet takes her own life.

Under the grief of both their deaths, the Capulet and Montague realizes their fault, and thus, become friends.

I think the book will be boring and complicated; the story is already well-known while the dialogue is written in Middle English, making the speech unnecessarily difficult to understand.

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