everyone's heard of Romeo and Juliet right? yeah guy loves girl, girl loves guy but both families hate the other, ends up killing themselves for each other. i got that but while reading it i couldn't understand half the stuff i was reading. it's not like i'm stupid or anything, i'm a striaght A student but it doesn't make sense. can anyone explain what the heck is happinging?
2006-10-27 21:45:41 · 11 answers · asked by George 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Understanding Shakespeare can take some time. Here are a few tips:
*Read s l o w l y. You can't read Shakespeare at the same pace as modern fiction if you're not used to the language.
*Get an annotated edition, and read the notes that help you to understand the language. They'll translate words for you and explain difficult phrases.
*Watch it on stage, or the two films (Luhrman and Zepherelli - both excellent, though very different). It's a play, and makes much more sense when watched rather than read.
*Buy a study guide, or use the one at http://www.sparknotes.com.
*Try and translate important parts into modern English to help you understand what the characters really want to communicate.
*If you're still stuck with the language, try some modern English translations to help with difficult parts. For example: http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-27 21:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rent Baz Lurhman's "Romeo and Juliet". It is set in modern day but is true to Shakespeare's dialogue.
He also did Moulin Rouge and I really think his Romeo and Juliet will help you with the story, concept, etc.
2006-10-27 21:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo's mother Lady Montague dies before Romeo and Juliet because she was upset when Romeo was exiled! Alas, my liege, my wife is dead to-night; Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath:
2016-05-22 02:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's old English so even the most book-read will find the language somewhat heavy going. if i were in you i would find a remodernized version of the text and read that before actually settling down to the original. Like that you will be able to draw parallels.
2006-10-28 00:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by MAC C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is written in shakespearean similies everything is a metapohor for something else u can probably buy romeo and juilet for dummies no offense that is what it is called and it will explain things better
2006-10-27 21:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by earthgoddess777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i had trouble with it to, and this is how i see it, its just as u say it is, romeo is from the bad side of life, the poor and juliet is on the good side of life, the rich and they fall in love, but juliet is meant to marry this other guy which she doesnt love, so they prended to kill juliet with posin, they write a letter to romeo but he doesnt gett it and he thinks that juliet is really dead so he kills himself, juliet wakes up and finds him dead, so she kills herself, the best way to understand it is to watch the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio in it, its called romeo and juliet, its the only way i got to understand it. good luck
2006-10-27 21:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by sexyelmo089 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i understand shakespeare more if its read out loud, he wrote beautifully but your right thats its bloody confusing at times!
2006-10-27 22:52:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try:
http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/romeo_juliet_summary.htm
It's a straightforward summary of the story.
2006-10-28 01:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
read Shakespeare
2006-10-27 21:47:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's shakespeare... it's not one of those in which you just sit down read and ta-da... it's shakespeare
2006-10-28 00:35:49 · answer #10 · answered by jazzy_chica85 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋