Tragedy has the ability to strike at any given time. The depressing entity is that it comes when people least expect it. Shakespeare is widely known for all of his literary works, but one of his most famous tragedies, is Romeo and Juliet. Set in the town of Verona, the reader gains a overall noble ...
Traditionally, Shakespeare’s plays were read in the classroom. If a class was lucky, they might be able to go see a live theater rendition of the play that was studied. However, times and standards are changing, and teachers are forced to find more creative and engaging ways to teach Shakespeare. Since the language is so ...
West Side Story famously opens with members of the rival gangs crossing paths via jazzy music, snapping fingers, and high jumping, thereby setting the stage for the inevitable rumble between the Jets and the Sharks. West Side Story is a Broadway and Hollywood musical that was based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet and ...
Shakespeare makes it very clear in Romeo and Juliet that parental figures can often not be the actual parents of a child. The Nurse and Friar Lawrence are better parents when compared to Romeo and Juliet’s actual parents. The Friar is a better parent since he is understanding, the Nurse because she is maternal, and ...
“All things that we ordained festival / Turn from their office to black funeral: / Our instruments to melancholy bells, / Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast, / Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change” (IV.5.84-88). This proclamation by Capulet, upon Juliet’s death, serves well to illustrate an important aspect of Romeo and ...
