“These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends.”
About the Author
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon. At eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, a woman seven or eight years his senior. He married Anne when he was 18 years old. He has introduced around 3000 words in English. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets.
About the Novel
The story is about two lovers Romeo and Juliet. Their families are enemies, but this doesn’t affect their love for each other. Romeo fell in love with Juliet at first sight. Juliet’s father fixed her marriage when she was 12 years old. Juliet secretly married Romeo, and they meet in Juliet’s tomb. When Juliet comes to know that her marriage has been preponed, she tried to run off from the marriage. The novel has many romantic and traumatic incidents.
Genre – Tragic Drama
Language – English
Themes
- Love
- Fate
- Gender Inequality
- Love as a cause for violence
- Love versus Society
ROMEO
A man whose feelings of love aren’t reciprocated by the lady he
Admires. He kills himself when he believes
that his love, Juliet, has died.
JULIET
An obedient, sheltered, naïve child.
She has been forced to mature too quickly.
She is established as a tragic heroine.
Some Facts About the Novel
- the most famous love story in the world.
- The story fords four days: Beginning with Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting and ending with their death.
- The most intense and moving love poetry ever penned by Shakespeare.
- Every emotion in the play is elevated and leads to unfortunate consequences.
- The play honors the suicides of Romeo and Juliet as a noble sacrifice.
