Romeo and Juliet
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1548649872 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 158 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Let not light see my black and deep desires E. A. Solinas In the theater, people apparently don't call Shakespeare's "Macbeth" by its actual name -- it's usually called "MacB" or "The Scottish Play." The dark superstitions that hover around this play really show its power: it's a harrowing portrait of a weak man who spirals into a personal hell of ambiti. Somebody Was a Marlowe Fan T. A. Kleinhans This seems to essentially be Shakespeare's response to The Jew of Malta, so if you've read that, this will seem very familiar to you. However, the language used is far more memorable, the lead character more sympathetic, and the story shaped to fit a different genre. This means that it ends on a f. No Fear Shakespeare is much better side-by-side translation I usually go with the No Fear Shakespeare series, but made a spur-of-the-moment decision to buy this book because a printed No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth wasn't available on Prime, and this book's reviews were good. Well, I can only guess that folks who like this book haven't seen No Fear Shakespear
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding households. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal "young lovers".
Brief quotations from the original are interspersed throughout. Zwerger's text follows the original plot faithfully, and Bell's translation flows smoothly. From School Library Journal Gr 4–6—Shakespeare's immortal lovers are brought to life for tweens in this illustrated adaptation of the classic drama. VERDICT Purchase where there is a demand for adaptations of Shakespeare's works.—Misti Tidman, Licking County Library, Newark, OH . In one case (the death of Mercutio), an illustration falls on the page turn before the events depicted are described. The language is handled with delicacy, and the word choice is su