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| Tópicos | | mensagens | Última mensagem | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : BBGirl55's 75 books | | 113 | BBGirl55, Hoje 8:19am |  |
| Book talk : Which book did you most hate in school? | | 50 | mcnico, Hoje 1:39am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics | | 287 | alcottacre, Ontem 4:23am | |
| 999 Challenge : ladyc72385: 999 challenge | | 129 | christina_reads, Sábado 2:46pm | |
| Read YA Lit : recommendations for a 12 year old girl? | | 60 | lauren97224, Sábado 11:26am | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : La's 101010 Challenge | | 35 | LA12Hernandez, Sexta-feira 10:05pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : VioletBramble's 75 for 2009 | | 297 | mstrust, Sexta-feira 2:50pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Folkstone's 50 book challenge - 2009 | | 48 | folkstone, Quinta-feira 2:44pm | |
| 999 Challenge : bell7's crazy/hopeful -- 999 x 2 | | 125 | ivyd, Quinta-feira 1:22pm | |
| Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in December? | | 57 | 06nwingert, Quinta-feira 10:10am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : bell7's second part of 2009 - 50 books again | | 89 | bell7, Quarta-feira 12:02pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Foxen's books in 2009 | | 197 | alcottacre, Terça-feira 5:57pm | |
| Alphabet Challenges : wolf_babe's ABCs | | 6 | wolf_babe, Segunda-feira 3:29pm | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : jfetting's 101010 challenge | | 21 | auntmarge64, Dezembro 12 | |
| Cats, books, life is good. : Are your cats are named after literary characters? | | 109 | 49shelves, Dezembro 10 | |
| Great Reads for Teens : Adventure Books | | 115 | Thespian, Dezembro 8 | |
| Read YA Lit : Group Read: The Hunger Games | | 89 | sdbookhound, Dezembro 7 | |
| Alphabet Challenges : Chrine says the ABCs | | 27 | chrine, Dezembro 7 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : destinyhascheatedme - - reading log - - 2009 | | 39 | destinyhascheatedme, Dezembro 6 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Picolina's 2009 Challenge | | 120 | picolina, Novembro 28 | |
| Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? | | 558 | chapterofaccidents, Novembro 27 | |
| Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s) | | 296 | tomcatMurr, Novembro 22 | |
| Fantasy Forum : New Fantasy Books | | 29 | spoiledfornothing, Novembro 15 | |
| Readtilmidnight : November Reads | | 14 | jettblack28, Novembro 13 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : elliepotten's 50 book challenge 2009 | | 223 | elliepotten, Novembro 13 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 31, 2009? | | 201 | teelgee, Novembro 7 | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : fannyprice's 2010 1010 Challenge | | 40 | blondierocket, Novembro 5 | |
| Hogwarts Express : "Who am I?" round 5 | | 97 | cmbohn, Novembro 4 | |
| Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Life & Opinions of Tomcat Murr | | 414 | Porius, Outubro 29 | |
| Hogwarts Express : I haven't read that... (IV) | | 220 | mamzel, Outubro 26 | |
| Book talk : Books made into movies | | 107 | Ape, Outubro 25 | |
| Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists! | | 263 | dukeallen, Outubro 22 | |
| Dewey Decimal Challenge : Lahochstetler's Dewey Decimal challenge | | 26 | lahochstetler, Outubro 21 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Better late than never: NocturnaSyn's reads in 2oo9 | | 36 | Emily1, Outubro 19 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Caty M's 2009 Reading - Volume 2 | | 206 | CatyM, Outubro 1 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lycomayflower's 2009 75 Challenge | | 261 | lycomayflower, Setembro 28 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : whitewavedarling's 2009 challenge.... | | 194 | whitewavedarling, Setembro 24 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : BrainFlakes for 2009, Part Deux | | 218 | saraslibrary, Setembro 21 | |
| Literary Snobs : Harold Bloom: Pro on con? | | 152 | kswolff, Setembro 19 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kidzdoc's 75 Book Challenge for 2009 #4 | | 253 | kidzdoc, Setembro 9 | |
| Hogwarts Express : "Just the facts, ma'am" - Good News/Bad News 14 | | 550 | kirbyowns, Agosto 30 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's 2009 challenge: reading 50 plays | | 49 | about50ayear, Agosto 29 | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : Group reading log: July 2009 | | 123 | Miss-Owl, Agosto 21 | |
| Book talk : What makes a writer memorable? | | 3 | destinyhascheatedme, Agosto 18 | |
| Awful Lit. : What's with the new Twilight Craze? | | 95 | angelawinters, Agosto 16 | |
| Awful Lit. : 'Why are classics classic? | | 172 | titusalone, Agosto 14 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : MissTeacher reads her little eyes out! 120 in 2009! | | 45 | MissTeacher, Agosto 9 | |
| Read YA Lit : What is your least-favourite YA title? | | 263 | vikitty, Agosto 8 | |
| Geeks who love the Classics : Classics in schools | | 8 | SusieBookworm, Agosto 7 | |
| Made into a Movie : When the movies are better than the books or vice versa | | 211 | Jenson_AKA_DL, Agosto 6 | |
| Banned Books : vs. Required Reading | | 47 | Amtep, Agosto 1 | |
| Book talk : If you Could what books would you choose to read for school? | | 9 | Madcow299, Julho 31 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's NEW challenge 010808 | | 76 | kjellika, Julho 27 | |
| Book talk : Book reccomendation: impossible love | | 4 | Jenson_AKA_DL, Julho 24 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : How do you manage to read so many books in one year? | | 64 | Prop2gether, Julho 17 | |
| Book talk : I've worn out the epic/historical/romance canon, need help! | | 26 | ktbarnes, Julho 12 | |
| Folio Society devotees : Limited Editions, The Final Chapter | | 141 | Irieisa, Julho 11 | |
| Folio Society devotees : For Hemingway Fans | | 56 | pm11, Junho 29 | |
| Club Read 2009 : In which urania starts for Mt. TBR but hits the Russian detour (2009) | | 234 | urania1, Junho 28 | |
| Fforde Ffans : If you could bookjump . . . | | 23 | AnnaClaire, Junho 8 | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: May 2009 | | 130 | catsalive, Junho 1 | |
| Great Reads for Teens : Romance Books | | 67 | kristy101, Maio 29 | |
| Book talk : Books identifiable by single line or less: | | 46 | puddleshark, Maio 28 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me | | 57 | jnwelch, Maio 19 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : ravenous.reader's 100 Books in 2009 Challenge | | 9 | avatiakh, Maio 12 | |
| Read YA Lit : HP #7, Breaking Dawn--Why are people Rejecting the Books? | | 25 | Eruantien, Maio 6 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Talbin's 2009 Reading | | 223 | Talbin, Abril 30 | |
| Book talk : Twilight! | | 22 | FFortuna, Abril 27 | |
| Taggers! : Other people's weirdness | | 69 | 235711, Abril 27 | |
| Hogwarts Express : For Espy | | 40 | Ms_Bella, Abril 15 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in March 2009 | | 414 | richardderus, Abril 1 | |
| The Globe : What sparked your interest in Shakespeare? | | 18 | xieouyang, Março 29 | |
| Book talk : How many times will you read the same book? | | 40 | Jayne49, Março 20 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Game: I HAVE read X, but HAVE NOT read Y (continued) | | 267 | MrAndrew, Março 18 | |
| Book talk : Famous openings | | 49 | MrAndrew, Março 17 | |
| Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? February 2009 | | 137 | cmt, Março 15 | |
| Book of the month club : February | | 12 | Nickelini, Março 5 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kiwidoc- reading in 2009 | | 353 | Whisper1, Março 5 | |
| Book talk : can you name main characters in books who commited suicide? | | 50 | MissTeacher, Março 2 | |
| Book talk : Books That Standout in a Lifetime of Reading | | 4 | MissTeacher, Março 2 | |
| Bug Collectors : Series information in series but not on work page | | 6 | rorrison, Fevereiro 17 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : fantasia655's 2009 reads | | 213 | jade605, Fevereiro 10 | |
| 20-Something LibraryThingers : Books Read in High School English | | 40 | TheOnlyMe, Janeiro 28 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Women's Names | | 40 | april164, Janeiro 22 | |
| Book talk : The Story of Edgar Sawtelle*SPOILER ALERT* | | 7 | januaryw, Janeiro 20 | |
| Club Read 2009 : Bklvrinva09 2009 Reading Journal | | 4 | urania1, Janeiro 19 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008 | | 174 | MissTeacher, Janeiro 18 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : whitewavedarling's reads in 2008 | | 137 | whitewavedarling, Dezembro 2008 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TadAD's 75 Book Challenge | | 373 | TheTortoise, Dezembro 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Blondierocket's 2008 | | 126 | blondierocket, Dezembro 2008 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : longwing's 75 challenge | | 68 | longwing, Dezembro 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : bigj5683's Literary Extravaganza 2008 | | 54 | bigj5683, Dezembro 2008 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Book Discussion: Twilight | | 219 | pencil_nerd, Novembro 2008 | |
| Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in October? | | 190 | Espeon200, Novembro 2008 | |
| Science Fiction Fans : Why I Don't Like Ender's Game | | 126 | bluetyson, Outubro 2008 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Movie Trivia III -- Guess the quote! | | 417 | compskibook, Setembro 2008 | |
| Book talk : Your top 10 Classic Books | | 59 | MusicMom41, Setembro 2008 | |
| BBC Radio 3 Listeners : Proms 2008 | | 37 | Foxhunter, Setembro 2008 | |
| Hogwarts Express : What are you reading - August | | 179 | kirbyowns, Setembro 2008 | |
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Romeo and Juliet. Just unbearable, couldn't finish it. Happily I had watched the episode of Hey Arnold where they perform the play, so I could still take the test! I've read other works of Shakespeare--Macbeth and Julius Caesar in other high school classes, and Richard II in college--and ... I'm currently reading The Sorcerer King and doing a Romeo and Juliet reread for class. ... ithan
O-One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
P-Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Q-Quidditch Through the Ages by JK Rowling
R-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
S-Soul Catcher by Leigh Bridger
T-Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
U-
V-V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
W-Wicked by Grego ... ... and Nutt are fun characters to spend time with, and I liked seeing their relationships change (with more than a nod to Romeo and Juliet thrown in for good measure) and each of them grow over the course of the book. This one stands with Lords and Ladies as one of my favorite Discworld ... ... and Nutt are fun characters to spend time with, and I liked seeing their relationships change (with more than a nod to Romeo and Juliet thrown in for good measure) and each of them grow over the course of the book. This one stands with Lords and Ladies as one of my favorite of the Discwor ... I thought a good way to describe the book to someone was TV show Big Brother + movie The Running Man + Romeo and Juliet. I think this gives some idea into the train wreck of "Hunger Games" as someone mentioned there wouldn't be a hunger games if people didn't watch it and cheer especially for the ... ... my course readings for Shakespeare
#37 Taming of the Shrew
#38 Much Ado About Nothing
#39 Love's Labour Lost
#40 Romeo and Juliet
#41 King Richard II
#42 Julius Caesar
The Hunt for Atlantis, Harry Potter and Philosophy and Romeo and Juliet ... though, was that it made me want to revisit my Shakespeare works, so I've spent the day reading sonnets and also started on Romeo and Juliet, which I have read so many times that I know portions of it by heart.
In addition I have started reading Phantoms by Dean Koontz. Category 10: Shakespeare
1) Henry V
2) Richard III
3) Twelfth Night
4) Romeo and Juliet
5) Hamlet
6) Othello
7) The Tempest
8)
9)
10) ... their moments,they're not the equal of either of the problem plays on my list.
The Tempest
Much Ado About Nothing
Romeo and Juliet
A Winter's Tale
Kit Marlowe - Doctor Faustus
Brecht/Weill - The Threepenny Opera
Anne-Marie MacDonald (a woman playwright!) - Goodnight Desdemona ... ... happens the way it does. If there wasn't the romance it'd no more be a retelling of Tristan & Isolde as a retelling of Romeo and Juliet without the main characters being in love. (Er, unless you're retelling it from Mercutio's pov or something.)
*rambles and goes hide under a blanket* ... I'd recommend Polanski's film-version - it has a wonderful mood!
And, if you're reading Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet, then Zeffirelli's film-versions are really great. Or if you wants something more contemporary, you can always watch Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. ... I'd recommend Polanski's film-version - it has a wonderful mood!
And, if you're reading Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet, then Zeffirelli's film-versions are really great. Or if you wants something more contemporary, you can always watch Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. 1. Give my Regards to Broadway- plays
Shakespeare
1. Romeo and Juliet
2. Midsummer Night's Dream
3. Othello
4. Taming of the Shrew
5. TBA
George Bernard Shaw
1. Fanny's First Play
2. How He Lied to Her Husband
3. You Never Can Tell read 12-09-2009
4. Pygmalion
5. And ... ... you have to read them." If you define "cultural reasons" broadly enough, I'm not sure there has been a single copy of Romeo and Juliet knowingly bought (i.e. not in the bottom of a box of auction books) that wasn't for cultural reasons in the last few hundred years. Does that mean that we ... ... napping. I did have a great day though.
#222 Hi Stasia!
#223 Thanks Flossie.
(82) Arkangel Complete Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet.
Audiobook. I'm starting to like these audiobooks. This one was better than the last. Read (performed) by Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Trevor Peacock ... ... counter "ooh yes, I loved that - have you read (random related book)?" :)
Edited to remove completely random link to Romeo and Juliet! ... were in junior high too, I think 6th or 7th grade.
9th grade was a lot of grammer. We read A Tale of Two Cities, Romeo and Juliet, A Farewell to Arms, and several others I don't remember.
10th grade we read the Steinbecks I mentioned, Their Eyes were Watching God, short story ... Juliet? ( BTW, I am probably the only person that hasn't read Romeo and Juliet...) ... it- thought it was over-the-top and not very engaging.
Shakespeare is somewhat inexplicable to me- I suffered through Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet and A Midsummer's Night Dream before I got toTwelfth Night (and learned that these plays were actually meant to be ... GN: We went to the ballet tonight -- it was lovely. We saw Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
BN: My shoes got wet this afternoon, so I borrowed a pair of Mom's, and now I have some epic blisters.
GN: I still have one more day in St. Petersburg! It's a good thing, too, as I haven't decided what ... I don't know anyone who hasn't read Romeo and Juliet but I have read The Golden Compass ... to pour out their heart and soul to a microwave mindset audience. It would be the same as speed-reading the cliff notes of Romeo and Juliet and expecting to gain an understanding of the emotional depth of love that would be willing to die for.
Do I expect a revival of Gautier or Shakespe ... I haven't read Romiette and Julio, but I have read Romeo and Juliet. ... should love. Whereas people tell you: Ooh look at this book you will love! and hand you a reading assignment and a copy of Romeo and Juliet to pick apart. Then people think all of reading books is like doing the assignment, and never pick up a book again. Schools hide the fact that what they ... ... have required a little more concentration than I was willing to give.
Edit: I would also like have done Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet for the Shakepeare sections, rather than what I got, which was Othello and Julius Caesar. Romeo and Juliet? ... and the ubiquitous To Kill a Mockingbird.
Shakespeare's plays are the only ones I can recall - Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V. In terms of poetry we did a wide selection from one of those school texts that has bits from everywhere but doesn't do any one poet in any ... ... study The Great Gatsby in school, which is one of the reasons I'm reading it now. I remember lots of Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Two Gentlemen of Verona), The Bridge to Terabithia (this one really stuck in my head), Emma ... ... studied in high school myself, thus perpetuating the cycle...
Novels - To Kill a Mockingbird
Shakespeare - Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth
Poetry - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
But there are many more that have fallen by the wayside because of syllabus/school bookroom changes (Ki ... ... time in the story, I'll tell you about the one in a corrugated tin hanger in a rain storm that I worked on years ago!)
Romeo and Juliet. Personally? I love the Zefferelli production, dislike intensely the Baz Luhrman production. I also like the MGM version with Norma Shearer and Leslie Howar ... ... recipe for immortality." So long and thanks for all the fish.
Oh, a romance recommendation. Umm, I grew influenced by Romeo and Juliet, The Last American Virgin (1982), Camile (1936), An Affair to Remember (1957), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tol ... Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
So after four years as an English major, one year as an English teacher, and one year as a law student, I finally read Romeo and Juliet for the first time. It was very strange reading this play having grown up in a culture where its plot and language are ... I read Romeo and Juliet now basically for Mercutio--one of my all-time favorite characters--and for the language, which is particularly wonderful.
I have to disagree with both gistak and beatlemoon when they describe the eponymous characters as "horny." Especially at Juliet's age, and ... ... is not meant as a compliment, the writing is not Shakespeare and if anything Meyer does not have an original plot. I read romeo and juliet in the 9th grade as most freshman do and instead of finding it utterly romantic i thought that its was melodramatic, as i find bella and edward's ... You're welcome Mackie!
Also, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet was 13, just occurs to me.
The more culture the less freedom. Now that is provoking!
Well done, Poor, for spotting the Antonio reference, I missed that one. It's amazing how the spirit of Shakespeare hovers over this ... ... Man
4) 1984
5) Huck Finn
6) Charlotte's Web
7) Brideshead Revisited
8) The Crow Road
9) Hamlet
10) Romeo and Juliet
11) Divine Comedy
12) The Old Man and the Sea
13) by Mark Twain, never officially published, but mentioned in his biographies; Mark Twain
14) The ... ... l?
Eeeek - I have to pick one? I'll say The Secret History and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
24) Play?
The beautiful Romeo and Juliet.
25) Poem?
'She Walks in Beauty' by Lord Byron
26) Essay?
One of the Ex Libris collection by Anne Fadiman
27) Short story?
I don't really ... ... l?
Eeeek - I have to pick one? I'll say The Secret History and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
24) Play?
The beautiful Romeo and Juliet.
25) Poem?
'She Walks in Beauty' by Lord Byron
26) Essay?
One of the Ex Libris collection by Anne Fadiman
27) Short story?
I don't really ... ... shapeshifters?
Wasn't the best book ever and hab something about it that made me think of it as a Dark Fantasy version of Romeo and Juliet. But if you like Fantasy and shapeshifters and aren't averted to some erotic you should give it a try. The English title is Slave to Sensation.
#12 ... ... to me was how much I enjoyed Troilus and Cressida and its depiction of fickle young love (perhaps the flip side of Romeo and Juliet?). I'll be interested to see your reaction to it. >12 Hehee, there are many great works that the mobile phone would have killed off. Imagine Romeo and Juliet if Friar Lawrence had been able to call Romeo and say "Just giving you the heads up..." ;)
I've finished How Proust Can Change Your Life and what a little gem it was. I highly ... ... I haven't read any Shakespeare since I sat GCSE English fifteen years ago. I remember doing Macbeth, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet at school, but my exposure to Shakespeare since then has been strictly through films. Had you asked me back in January whether I would read any Shakespeare ... ... as such-and-such is to such-and-such" way... I see Meyer as having taken inspiration from some classic love stories like Romeo and Juliet and Austen's work. > 27 - Surely that's from Romeo and Juliet *googles it*... Yep, I thought so.
*waves* Hi Charlie and Charlie's angels! I've been keeping up with this thread for ages, but I never feel witty enough to post here. I watch the elite from afar. ... middle (when Bella's anguish over Edward's absence is particularly trying--there's a reason the depressing middle bits of Romeo and Juliet only ask of the audience less than an hour of their time), and Eclipse suffers from "wrap-up syndrome"--the plot primarily cleans up what didn't get ... 17. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
I am sure this is the world's most famous play about young love and how hatred is able to kill - not the love - but the persons loving each other.
Romeo and Juliet is a love story tragedy with some comic scenes and a kind of happy ending - not ... Finished Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: 155 pages
9533 + 155 = 9688
15540 - 9688 = 5852 pages left
The world's most famous love story tragedy! ... the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Jane Eyre
23) What is your favorite novel? Catch-22
24) Play? Romeo and Juliet
25) Poem? Nothing Gold Can Stay by Frost
26) Essay? none.
27) Short story? The Raven
28) Work of nonfiction? Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggpl ... ... enjoyed, I’d say At Swim, Two Boys or Candide
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Romeo and Juliet, that would be the only Shakespeare play I’ve seen.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I’m not sure I’ve read any Russian writers so Iâ ... ... most books by?
Shakespeare or Isabel Allende
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I have numerous versions of Romeo and Juliet in my home and my classroom.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Not at all. English is changing, and believe it ... ... playwrights are fantastic with very much fantasy, and so far I've loved what I've read by them.
I think I'll now read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
It's "of course" a reread..... ... r?
I didn't like Lord of the Flies but I probably never will, The Odyssey was okay but weird, and I doubt I'll like Romeo and Juliet. I like To Kill a Mockingbird.
14. What is the strangest item you've ever found in a book?
Just some receipts and a squished bug.
15. Used ... ... be reading all of the Hitchhikers' Guide series over the year, so expect to see the rest of them pop up here.
25) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Another reread. Instead of reviewing Romeo and Juliet, which I'm sure no one has escaped who's gone to public school, I'll ... Why do I insist on checking out more books than I can read? Just got Romeo y Julieta from my school's library. ... Room, James Baldwin
62. A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley
63. Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare
64. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
65. Codex, Lev Grossman
66. Boy with Flowers, Ely Shipley
67. Bellocq's Ophelia, Natasha Trethewey
68. Dante ... I know you will all sigh and roll your eyes, but I have read Romeo and Juliet every year since I was ten. Every time I read it, I learn something new that was completely lost on me the first (or fifth, or fifteenth) time around. As you can imagine, I understand a LOT more now that I did fifteen ... And while I'm on Shakespeare, I'll remind you all of the beautiful, rich, haunting (and spoiler-prone) prologue of Romeo and Juliet, which I will not write here but will recite in my head over and over till I've fallen off to dreams. ... reread this one as Mr. Darcy is definitely a dream man. *sigh* No need to go on and on about this one, you all know!
2. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare - Again, in the spirit of Valentine's Day, I had to read the classic tale of the star-crossed lovers. And if I close my eyes ... Romeo and Juliet, definitely. I had it memorized once. My most vivid memory is of reading it in fifth grade during math class. I think I failed that class.
The short story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst made me cry and cry. I'd read it to my friends just to make them cry.
Chronicle ... Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. I was listening to an audio book of Romeo and Juliet, and there was this line:
"take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all the world will be in love with night. . ."
that man can write ... that gets better as you get older because so much of it is about just that - growing older. Strangely, I was thinking about Romeo and Juliet last night and how - while I still enjoy it - I've probably gotten to the age where it has diminishing impact on me.
>80 MusicMom - I bet all of us from ... ... this for you romantics out there!
****1/2
11Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Re-read love this play just love it!
***** ... using a trick that isn't and shouldn't be generally accessible. You really don't want just anybody to be able to combine Romeo and Juliet and Learning Perl. If you know HTML, the HTTP protocol, and PHP programming you might be able to figure it out. If you can figure it out, use it wisely. ... ... dastardly and villainous Professor Claude Night, and various sordid characters from Othello THE Moor of Venice and Romeo and Juliet
The plotline: Change the course of Constance’s, Desdemona’s, and Juliet’s fates
The text between the lines (pay attention here; there ... I've never read Romeo and Juliet (or Romeo + Juliet),
But I have read The Dark Lord of Derkholm. I haven't read A Raisin in the Sun
But I have read Romeo and Juliet ... play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). If you've read a bit of Shakespeare, particularly Othello and Romeo and Juliet, you will find this play funny. ... by Rebecca West
This was a wonderful book. It made me remember how in love with reading I was after reading Romeo and Juliet in seventh grade. The stories aren't similar, but I had that same reaction. The story sweeps you in with beauty and brilliance, and tears you apart with ... 6) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare- Yes, this is surprising. I'll admit it. And it was a real toughie, especially with all the "thou"s and the "thy"s and the "woe"s and stuff. I didn't get half of it, but I got the plot and the story and think some of the decisions are kinda stupid, ... ...
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
A Wrinkle in Time
Wuthering Heights
Anne of Green Gables
Little Women
Romeo and Juliet
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
A Wizard of Earthsea
A Ring of Endless Light
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Neverending Story
Sum ... ... Compass
Don Quixote - remember seeing this in my spanish class..(don't worry..film that we saw was in English...)
Romeo and Juliet
...
there might be overlaps... In highschool I remember English being broken down.
Freshman year we did Romeo and Juliet, The Odessy, The Illiad, and a smattering of contemporary lit including the manatory summer read The Golden Compass
Sophomore year focused on American Literature we read
To Kill a Mocking Bird
A Rai ... ...
Ben Crystal is the son of renowed David Crystal, the English linguistic.
I read this book because my son is studying Romeo and Juliet and I was looking for an accessible book to excite the mind of a 14 year old. I think I found it here. Perhaps not a book for the serious Shakespeare ... ... In Wonderland, Great Expectations, A Midsummer Night's Dream (the next book I will finish), Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. There are more but I cant find the list I wrote down! This should keep me busy! Romeo and Juliet
Paula and Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Go Ask Alice by anonymous
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan ... Hamlet. The original is ok, i guess, but it's just so... Danish.
What i'd really like to see is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo is... oh, i don't know... a vampire, perhaps? I'm just spitballing here. ... all the help I can get for Shakespeare.
1. The Merchant of Venice TBR
2. Othello TBR
3. As You Like It TBR
4. Romeo and Juliet TBR
1001 Books Read in 2009- So far I've read-
1. Old Man and the Sea- Ernest Hemingway 1/09
2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich- Aleksand ... I must be the devil's advocate, because I'm a sucker for sad endings (Romeo and Juliet is my favorite story, if that tells you anything). I have contrasting opinions about Hary Potter and Twilight.
First of all, I had never even heard of Twilight until my school librarian asked me to a ... ... YA Fantasy!!)
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (re-read after only two years)
5. Romeo and Juliet (I read this every year, without fail)
6. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
7. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
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A Wrinkle in Time
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Harry Potter
The Diary of a Young Girl
Lord of the Rings
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Old Man in the Sea
... mostly don't do speculative fiction.
I liked most of my high school reading list:
Animal farm, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and The Crucible all were fun and taught me interesting things about humanity.
I even liked Thoreau, if nothing else, ... ... 6.
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IV. Shakespeare plays
1. Two Gentlemen of Verona
2. Love's Labour's Lost
3. Romeo and Juliet
4. The Life and Death of King John
5. The Merry Wives of Windsor
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V. Mystery
1. Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Sp ... Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Othello in Othello, and Ophelia in Hamlet.
I'm sure there are more I've forgotten.
ETA - That's what I get for taking too long to post - Mountebank beat me to it. Ah yes, Antony and Cleopatra. I think that A Midsummer Night's Dream is better than Romeo and Juliet but it's cool how Twilight is like a little bit of heaps of classics but is like a totally new, modern story XD To be perfectly honest, Romeo and Juliet looks pretty lame next to Bella and Edward. Romeo is a pretty fickle character who first falls in love with Rosaline and "swears to never even look at another woman", two hours later, he falls in love with Juliet who is only 13. But they are both the only ... ... to be honest, it was a little confusing. I like Shakespeare now, I just finished A Midsummer Night's Dream and I just got Romeo and Juliet today :) ... Ashes
- Eudora Welty, The Optimist's Daughter
- Norman Mailer, The Executioner's Song
4. Shakespeare plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Pericles
- Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Troilus and Cressida
- Love's Labour's Lost
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- ... ... writing is so beautiful and the story is captivating. I am up to Act IV at the moment, I am nearly finished. I want to read Romeo and Juliet next. ... ton of free time, but this is a fun thing and I don't mind it carrying on for a while.
The only one I had ever seen was Romeo and Juliet in high school. So, I've started looking up some of the more famous performances. I've gotten and watched the Olivier Richard III and the Welles Macbet ... ... on the plays you read. Both my children are seniors this year, so we have been reading plays like Cyrano de Bergerac and Romeo and Juliet. I stick with the classics for the most part. (plays) 9. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Not my first read through but just the same as I remembered. The tragic love story of two star crossed lovers. A classic Shakespeare.
95. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
#801 on the original 1,001 list. Quite a short ... ... is the first in a series I had really enjoyed. *Gasps* You haven't read Pride and Prejudice?! Read it! I love it. Not Romeo and Juliet, either? We need to push some classics on you. ;) I used to have a friend that really enjoyed Emily Griffen's series. Where Are the Children? was ... ... in class. Let's face it, very few people are going to spontaneously start reading Shakespeare's work. Teaching Othello or Romeo and Juliet in a class shows kids that there is a beating heart in these dusty old stories. The language isn't as daunting as it may first appear, and heck, Shakespeare ... I agree with Allama -- I can't tell you how many times I've read Romeo and Juliet in English and Theatre classes.
And I also agree with what many have already said -- high school literature classes are a wonderful opportunity to read books we wouldn't ever normally choose for ourselves. Among ... ... rigid with regards to the books we read in English class. All four years we read one of Shakespeare's tragedies (first Romeo and Juliet, then Macbeth, then Othello, then Hamlet. A lot of my high school teachers were, for some reason, against using the Romans and Greeks. The all-time ... ... and Venice. I'd like to be in all these places, but especially Brideshead.
ETA: re #13 tiddleyboom, I always wanted Romeo and Juliet to end differently. I wouldn't mind if you dropped by and fixed things. For god's sake, DON'T READ Romeo and Juliet if you've seen West Side Story.
You should probably stay away from New Moon too - the plot summary sounds a tad familiar to me. I'm just sayin'. I'd kind of like to drop by Romeo and Juliet and tell them to get over it, but then I'd mess up the ending for the whole world. ... Gatti in an all-Russian programme that suits his flair for colour and emotional intensity. Prokofiev's ballet score Romeo and Juliet tells the story of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers and features some of his most popular music. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts). Royal Philharmon ... ... Monte Cristo
Little Women
A Little Princess
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Sherlock Holmes stuff
Romeo and Juliet
Othello ... Rose
31. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
32. My Antonia by Willa Cather
33. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
34. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
35. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Well, this month I've read Flying Inn, Wuthering Heights, For Whom the Bell Toll, Seize the Day, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Manalive.
Currently I'm reading Human Action, City of God and Grapes of Wrath.
I'll try to read also Big Fisherman and maybe The Great Gatsby or T ... ... not able to take them home.
As for books, I was thinking on having a few of the classics, To Kill a Mockingbird, Romeo and Juliet ect ect for academic use as well as popular books like Breaking Dawn that I know will be a long waiting list for.
Does anyone else use a Kindle in ... ... loved almost all the books we read for school, although I am having trouble remembering them all now. This is a short list: Romeo and Juliet, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, The Scarlet Letter, The Once and Future King, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, Nativ ... ... in a healthy relationship. I didn't even bother to read Eclipse. I feel it only fair to point out that I dislike Romeo and Juliet as well as Wuthering Heights, both novels that are supposedly very romantic, so apparently unhealthy relationships are not my cuppa.
I also did not ... ... the words are not really what Shakespeare is about--especially in the earlier works. If you read the Queen Mab speech in Romeo and Juliet, you get a good example of Shakespeare using words the way a composer uses musical notes. It's interesting that when Shakespeare really gets into the ... ... as the others). while I did find her a little irritating at times, I still found Bella lovable.
it's interesting that Romeo and Juliette came up in reference to the events of New Moon, because that's what she was constantly referencing in the book. she was saying that Edward's trying to ... ... the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
820- English Biography in the Seventeenth Century by Allan Pritchard
822- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
823- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
824- Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
847- Gargantua and Pantagruel ... ... Salinger
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't deny it's a hit)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dicke ... ... Salinger
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't deny it's a hit)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dicke ... #212 Don't know if you're thinking of the 1960's version Romeo and Juliet or the 1990's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. ... I wasn't swooning but then I am not much of a swooner. And the books Meyer mentions in her book are Wuthering Heights and Romeo and Juliet. I found Heathcliff and Cathy annoying and there is some playing out of that she is deliberately referencing here. Neither of those books is exactly about ... The English teacher is showing the Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet in the room next door to mine. First saw it in the theater when I was a freshman in college. Love it, love it, LOVE IT.
"Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, throw your distempered weapons to the ground....and hear ... ... If you want a fast and strange read that will leave you thinking whether you want to or not, this is a great read. It and Romeo and Juliet are about the only ones I've reread over and over again, this one perhaps 8 times, and that probably says more for the book than I could put into words ... 24, Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
25. Henry V by Shakespeare
26. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
27. Macbeth by Shakespeare
28. The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Shakespeare was on audio with great explanatory pieces which really illuminated the text and made it enjoyable. ... 12) Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Read it for the third time. Even more brilliant than I could comprehend in high school. Lots of amazing poetry and wordplay everywhere, plus one of the gretest stories ever told. I've come to the conclusion that Romeo is mentally unstable, and that it may ... ... followed by a viewing and review of the movie, "Apocalypse Now." -sorry I can't seem to underline in this text box.
Romeo and Juliet (re-read)
Pirate Coast
I'm currently reading a book which I put down years ago and have always been meaning to finish. Blue Latitudes. I first ... I'm right there with you Exvivre on the Romeo and Juliet - I like most Shakespeare but loathe that one in particular.
also a bit of drivel I was forced to read in a college class Thinker's Journey into How to think and solve problems by Hod Doering - complete trite bs nonsense this is ... Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Flowers for Algernon are pretty high on the list of things I'd only read again if Hell froze over. And even then, I'd probably burn them for warmth. ...
8. Pride and Prejudice
9. His Dark Materials
10. Le Petit Prince
11. The Odyssey
12. The Theban Plays
13. Romeo and Juliet
14. Anna Karenina
15, War and Peace
16. A Wrinkle in Time
17. Macbeth
18. The Aeneid
19. The Republic
20. The Origin of Species
21. ... ... of the Flies in grade nine, but I absolutely hated the analysis. The best for actually dissecting in class was probably Romeo and Juliet or To Kill A Mockingbird because I did both of those in grade 10 when I had an awesome teacher. ... when I read it in 10th grade. I didn't much like it, mind you, but it wasn't all that bad, really.
I did find Romeo and Juliet incredibly boring in 8th grade, however. I'd probably have liked Much Ado About Nothing well enough at that age; I can't be too certain about ... ... look, it's a sandpiper." "You are such a weirdo.")
...I quote from literary texts, or tell them that I once had most of Romeo and Juliet memorized. #37 - easily. People objected when I gave the ending of Romeo and Juliet away in a discussion about what makes a spoiler. And if you can find that spoilerish then anything could be. Despite living in the right part of the right country for my formative years, I still only have a very vague idea ... ... of a game I have that there's a daughter named Bottom. Then I remembered that two other families have characters named from Romeo and Juliet and I thought maybe Bottom and her family were from Midsummer. I looked at the character list and it had Titania, the mother and Puck, the son. I forgot ... #37 Letta:
I've read those three as well as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelth Night. ... what on earth was so great about them, like A Separate Peace. And though I love it, I am thouroughly burned out on Romeo and Juliet-again, it was really well taught in school. But between theater and lit classes, I must have read that play a dozen times! ... Heathcliff in the chorus... so Romeo and Juliet and Wuthering Heights (again). ... Night's Dream, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
Thornton Wilder -- Our Town
There may have been more. I also read most of Agatha Ch ... ...
Animal Farm
(but there must be at least 5 others that we did in detail just by virtue of number of terms)
For GCSE
Romeo and Juliet
Pride and Prejudice
I'm the King of the Castle
Pygmalion
& a selection of poetry incl.: Wilfred Owen, Sigfried Sassoon, Thomas Hardy, Phillip Lark ... ... rebelling) which I was deeply unimpressed by; Jane Eyre, Macbeth, Animal Farm, Far From the Madding Crowd, Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls, To Kill a Mockingbird, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, Othello (which was sort of an optional extra, but I thought it was great!), ... ... 14th century. The story combines historical figures like Dante with fictional characters from Shakespeare, especially from Romeo and Juliet. I'm really enjoying it. Hmmmm...wow, top 10 books. Okay...
1. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
2. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
3. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
4. Denial by Keith Ablow
5. Projection by Keith Ablow
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
... ... - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature: The Man Who Planted Trees
PR English Literature: Romeo and Juliet
PS American Literature: The Catcher in the Rye
PT German Literature etc.: The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
PZ Fiction and juvenile belles lettres: ... ... Fiction: Beauty by Robin McKinley
818 Miscellaneous Writings: Molvania by Santo Cilaruo
822 English Drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
823 English Fiction: Animal Farm by George Orwell
833 German Fiction: Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka ... ... of like saying they shouldn't read fantasy books because then they think real life will be like that.
The comparison to Romeo and Juliet also intrigues me. It's worse to have borderline sexual references than to have people killing themselves for love? I think killing yourself is a worse ... ... (Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie) are great new YA authors.
I'd also recommend Blue Balliet (Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3) - her books might be a little on the easy side for a 12 year old but still very enjoyable!
*edited to add ALSO - just about anything by Avi!!! H ... ... by Richard Lederer, a collection of funny mistakes people have made with the English language, is apparently a dictionary!
Romeo and Juliet is tagged "special education." ... A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
21. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
22. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
23. Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 1 by Miharu Yamato "Kitsune"
24. Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 2 by Miharu Yamato "Kitsun ... I was probably 9 years old when Franco Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet came out. I was just becoming interested in romantic things, and was completely smitten. A few years later I got to be Lady MacDuff in high school. ... happy day that I'm no longer living with others who have cat allergies comes, I want to get a cat and name him Tybalt, from Romeo and Juliet.
After all, what cat would disdain being "more than Prince of Cats"? Blood and Gold by Anne Rice
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult ... U.S. government's paranoia about spies, but the closest I can come in my own reading is When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka and Harbor by Lorraine Adams. Can anyone help with suggestions?
Thanks in advance. ... Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
Sheldon and Mrs. Levine, an Excruciating Correspondence by Sam Bobrick
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 10. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare *
Finished this today in my English class. It had been a while since I last read it and it was an enjoyable study. ...
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, King Lear, Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest all by William Shakespeare
The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles
The Illiad by Homer ... CC, by your definition, Tristan and Isolde and Romeo and Juliet would certainly fit. Then there's Wuthering Heights.
I can't count the number of books (romance or other) which have had a plotline similar to R&J -- star-crossed lovers, younger generation ignoring prejudices of older one, ... ... it just didn't work for me). And #14, we never got to read any of Shakespeare's comedies for class -- only tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Julius Caesar, and MacBeth.
I guess the logic was that high school was a tough time, and teenagers are morbid, so they'll appreciate all ... ... haven't read much lately, only school stuff. Thanks so much to Oddox and andyl for helping with my word meters!
25. Romeo and Juliet - for English class, I've had no time to read, so it counts.
26. So Much to Tell You by John Marsden - for Drama class, I am making a set design.
... ... what was coming that kept me on the edge of my seat. Now, maybe the people who think that knowing the end of Romeo and Juliet would ruin the play for them would think the same of this. But I think it made the play more powerful. ... lay a guideline such as "giving away the ending" because if someone tells you Romeo dies, this is still not a spoiler for Romeo and Juliet even though it is the ending. New users wouldn't know of the "LTiquette" to type spoiler, many people would forget in any case.
Having every review so ... ... belleyang for kicking it in gear.
My first experience with Shakespeare was as a young girl watching Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. It was so beautiful and unlike anything I had ever seen before. I remember sitting on my living room floor completely enthralled and knowing this was ... ... I also think they should read current books.
I really enjoyed a lot of the classical in school, The Odyssey was good, Romeo and Juliet was good because we spent weeks reading it out loud and discussing it.
I do think that teaching kids to enjoy reading is more important than teaching ... ... read in school are not meant to entertain, but to teach, usually a mistake.
If all I ever read of Shakespeare was Romeo and Juliet at sixteen and Macbeth at seventeen taught by someone who didn't understand them any better than I did, I would never have read King Lear or The Tempes ... ... an adorable book out of it besides the wonderful meals. sorry i don't remember her last name. the book is something like Julia cooks Julia Child also Julia's my life in france is charming. ... Coast, both for theatre and film right now. But I have a summer of Shakespeare to look forward to in Eastern Ontario, with Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream playing in rep.
I'm new to this site and I think it's fabulous. I'm spending way too many hours inputting my books, ... ... might be.
This of course provides the background to many novels, particularly the love across the divide theme such as Romeo and Juliet but many many more. ... I could say the same of William Shakespeare, there are some things I remember old Bill for just because it annoyed me - Romeo and Juliet, anyone? #99 MrsLee - My high school experience sounds very similar to yours. We did read Hiroshima, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet in high school and Great Expectations in junior high. I read alot on my own, but I don't remember any more required reading other than excerpts in textbooks. Surely ... ... try picking up something that Dickens penned. Also, I generally am a fan a Shakespeare's tragedies but can't stand Romeo and Juliet. ... is not a spoiler anymore? (Can I tell you what happens at the end of The Great Gatsby? Or is that too recent? How about Romeo and Juliet?) ... Beowulf, Julius Caesar, A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlett Letter, MacBeth, 1984, The War of the Worlds, Romeo and Juliet, Tom Sawyer, Jane Eyre, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Streetcar Named Desire and other Tenessee Williams plays, Huckleberry Finn, Around ... I read Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Twelfth Night, A Separate Peace, Fifth Business, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear. We also got to choose one or two novels from a list each year, and we read a lot of short stories. I think Fifth Business was my favourite of the ... ... force-fed classics: if I have to teach Macbeth to one more group of 14 year olds I will have a complete head fit. Ditto Romeo and Juliet, Lord of the flies and Of mice and men. Sadly, teachers don't have a lot of control over the National Curriculum prescribed texts. Grrr. ... for A level and thoroughly enjoyed it!)
I also think more teens than you'd imagine have been in something approximating Romeo and Juliet's situation - it just requires a little recasting and imagination. West Side Story brought it home to a generation of American teens; the Baz Luhrmann ... ... read Dostoyesky, Tolstoy, some Shakespeare (mostly Hamlet, or they have at least seen a play, most commonly Romeo and Juliet or King Lear).
Neither did I say that their _only_ impact was cultural. I only say that people ramble on about thier literary quality and their depth ... ... forced to read for English and I could not even finish Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, all Shakespeare plays except Romeo and Juliet (which I still don't think I fully understood aside from the double death and tortured love).
Also I reserve my opinion on Frankenstein because I have ... I think that my first romance was Romeo and Juliet. But if we're speaking of genre stuff it was Nan Ryan's Sun God. Books mentioned in the 'awful lit' group that were made into movies I liked:
Of mice and men
Romeo and Juliet (movie by Baz Luhrman )
Chocolat
... a far cry from the literary analysis of the ivory tower. One can also introduce students to small bits (like Queen Mab from Romeo and Juliet, a song from The Tempest, or a soliloquy).
Why teach Dante or Shakespeare to younger students? It exposes them to major works of Western culture. It "b ... ... in 8th grade and I thought that was a great intro to Shakespeare. Now they all read the combo-book West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. At least, they no longer seem to read Bless the Beasts and Children. Remember that one? Dadblammit... I've been meaning to get around to reading Romeo and Juliet for like 300 years now, and now you've spoiled it! :P
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