Romeo And Juliet Research Paper

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young lover whose death helps their families reconciliation. This is Shakespeare's most popular play during his lifetime, along with Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances, going back to antiquity. Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical, and opera. The play set is in Verona, begins with a street fight between Montague and Capulets servants. Benvolio and Mercutio stop the fight, Tybalt fights them. After the swords are sheathed Verona’s prince comes up to the scene and says that the next person who fights will get killed. Along the fight comes Romeo, who's having a bad time suffering over a girl named Rosaline. His cousin Benvolio assures him to forget about Rosaline, reminding him that there's more fish in the ocean. Even though Romeo doesn't want to …show more content…

His period was the English renaissance, or Elizabeth era. His spouse name was Anne Hathaway (1852-1616) He had 3 children, Susanna Hall, Hamnet Shakespeare and his twin Judith Quiney. (Hamnet died at the age of 11 probably due to the bubonic plague) His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. He was an English poet, playwright, and even actor. Widely regarded as the greater writer in the English language, and the world's preeminents dramatist. He is well.known for writing his famous plays "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet" (Which some people say is dedicated to his son named Hamnet who like I said before died at the age of 11) He has a long series of plays, poems, and some of them can't still be found. Some people speculate that he he died on April 23rd of 1616, at the age of of around 52, unknown causes, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Leaving behind a lot lo to plays and poems in the disspair of

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