Romeo And Juliet: The Greatest Love Stories In English Literature

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of his most entertaining plays due to its forbidden love and tragic family rivalries. Shakespeare, being one of the greatest authors of all time, was able to write and create many plays, but one of his most famous was Romeo and Juliet. It is labeled as the greatest love stories in English Literature. Romeo and Juliet is one of his greatest plays because of it’s a surprising drama and twisted irony. The characters, Romeo and Juliet, are two lovers who are forbidden to be together due to their families’ life long feud. They are brought together and choose that they would rather die than to live a day without one another.

Biography of Shakespeare

Shakespeare was brought into this world in Avon, England on April 23, 1564 by John and Mary Shakespeare. This was also the year that the Black Plague inflicted his town. William was one of three children, but was the only boy. Shakespeare was introduced to theater by seeing people that came to Stratford on Avon every year to present a play. He wedded Anne Hathaway when he was eighteen years old and later formed a family of three children. During his time in London, Shakespeare created thirty-nine plays. Due to his dedication to his love of writing plays, he was often

This theme is shown throughout the entire play. Throughout the play, love is shown as an overpowering feeling, something that triumphs everything. With Juliet’s line, “Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not, be sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet,” she is choosing her love for Romeo over the love for her family. Their love is uncontrollable, it even leads to more violence in the families. They even considered suicide when the thought that they are not together arises, such as when Romeo is exiled from Verona. Romeo claims he’d rather die than to live a life without his Juliet. They go against social concepts that they are not supposed to love each