Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Editions - Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English

I love these books! Even though I'm a girl who majored in English and teaches Shakespeare, I still need a bit of help translating some of the lines. If we had the budget, I would buy each student one of these for every Shakespeare play read in high school. You can find the same information (or variations) online, but I think having a hard copy is invaluable. Mine is highlighted and annotated to death. Totally worth the buy!

My world civilization teacher had my class read Romeo and Juliet when I was fifteen years old. At the time, the words seemed archaic and the plot melodramatic making it more of a chore than an encounter with great literature.But, youthful obtuseness aside, Romeo and Juliet is the ideal text to introduce Shakespeare. While it may not have the pathos of Hamlet it does contain the wordplay and witticisms for which Shakespeare is well known.It’s topics—teenage love and honor—are probably more resonant now than they were in Shakespeare’s day. Romeo and Juliet then has a narrative to hook teenagers in as well as being an example of Shakespeare’s finest craftsmanship.Maybe my high school English teacher knew more than I thought about an appropriate curriculum.

Until I reread it, this year, I had forgotten how funny and perceptive this play was. I love the characters that are peripheral to the story. Modern culture undersells this story by portraying it as a love story only. It has so much more to it than that. Not only is Romeo and Juliet a love story, it has that other quality - it is really funny, and Shakespeare cleverly uses other characters in the story to highlight some of the plot absurdities. We are asked to suspend disbelief about the time line - three days - because that suits the dramatic format. But it is a play that is very aware of itself.I love it when Friar Laurence listens to Romeo wax lyrical about Juliet, when only yesterday it had been Rosaline...'Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear,So soon forsaken? Young men's love then liesNot truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.'I can just hear the Friar huffing ironically at young love. Fantastic.What about Juliet, who shows a real bit of wit, when she is talking to her nurse, as well as the Nurse - one of my favourite characters.Juliet is impatient for the Nurse to tell her what Romeo has said, while Nurse is recovering from her journey:Juliet:I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news:Nay, come, I pray thee, speak; good nurse, speak.Nurse:Jesu, what haste? can you not stay awhile?Do you not see that I am out of breath?(and Juliet impatiently answers)How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breathto say that thou art out of breath.The excuse that thou dost make in this delayIs longer than the tale dost excuse.And of course, there are some of the most famous Shakespearean scenes and lines....Romeo upon seeing Juliet at the window:But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.and there is so much more. Romeo and Juliet was written to entertain, hold its audience in knowing suspense, to frustrate and amuse. And, young love being well known to be intense and dramatic, means that the audience can be both knowing and sympathetic, and enhances the tragedy of the deaths.

It is from William Shakespeare, and I love his work. He is the greatest writer of all time. I plain loved it.

It was an lol book I couldn't stop laughing it was the funniest book I've ever read it was so funny I had to read it twice to get all the funniness. I especially liked how they made fate and dying funny

Romeo and Juliet, though a very popular play of Shakespeare's, is not even close to his best work. Romeo and Juliet only know each other for three days and go through unnatural lengths to be together. The writing was good, of course, but I'm sure you could make better use of your time by finding another one of his plays.The format of this kindle edition I thought was very good, with only a few minor mistakes that didn't bother be in the slightest.Content:Sexual: Romeo and Juliet kiss several times, but it was nothing over the top. It is implied that they spend a night together, but after they are married. And, well, you know Shakespeare. He uses bawdy language often. He uses demeaning words about women (implying that they are 'promiscuous in a more colored manner). The characters often joke about female anatomy.Language: other than what I said before, there was nothing.Violence: the characters sword fight, but it's not even close to graphic. It simply states that 'they draw swords and so-and-so runs so-and-so through.So, over all, I'm not a fan of this book. He has other better plays out there and I think that, though this is popular, it is not even close to his best.

My students enjoy listening to the scenes, and it helps comprehension. When we first begin the play, we alternate listening and watching the movie. This helps the students get a feel for the language as well as the storyline. We begin reading parts in Act II, and I notice a marked improvement in their ability to read the parts as intended.

This story is about a forbidden love that was meant to be by fate. I would recommend this book to just about everyone that can read. I give this book 5 stars because it uses creative and expresses a true form of writing that makes you want to read more until you've read the whole book!!!

Good

My son said this book was useful in learning. The explanation is easier to understand.

Interesante

Original on the left, "translation" on the right (which is very good), perfect. Have taught seven Shakespeares using the No Fear series.

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