Her interest in Romeo is clear and, at last, he speaks from the darkness. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called.” “That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. A relationship between the two teenagers would never be accepted by their families.īut Juliet opposes the feud. Romeo is a Montague and, therefore, an enemy of the Capulet family. (“Wherefore” means “why,” so Juliet is not asking where Romeo is but why he is who he is.) So here it is-the sticking point: “’Tis but thy name that is my enemy,” she says. “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Juliet asks. “O, speak again, bright angel,” he implores.

“O, that I were a glove upon that hand,” he yearns, “That I might touch that cheek!” Likewise, he marvels at her voice. He admires how Juliet’s star-like eyes “twinkle in their spheres.” He watches her movements closely. Juliet stands right above him, but Romeo decides not to let his presence be known. “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” he asks himself of Juliet’s bright beauty.

Romeo is so enamored of her beauty that he sneaks into the family’s garden so he can look up at her balcony, where Juliet stands. When Romeo sneaks into the Capulet family’s ball, he meets and dances with the lovely Juliet. In fact, the play begins with members of the two families brawling in the streets. Both Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet come from wealthy families in the kingdom of Verona (in our Italy), but the families have been fighting bitterly for years.

It is the story of two lovesick teenagers whose relationship is-here’s the source of the tension- forbidden. Want to read Romeo and Juliet in modern English? Chose the act and Ssene from the list below to read a Romeo and Juliet translation into modern English.Romeo and Juliet is not just the story of two lovesick teenagers. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.

Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.

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