The death of Romeo and Juliet is questioned due to their young age and the modern perspective of suicide. However, their deaths serve the plot as they cannot be together and it fits the expectations of Elizabethan tragedy. There is debate about teaching the play to impressionable teenagers. Many wonder why Romeo and Juliet should […]
The legend of Romeo and Juliet predates Shakespeare’s version by almost a century. The first known written version was by Masuccio Salernitano in 1476, followed by Luigi da Porto and Mateo Bandello. Shakespeare likely used these works to create his famous play. While Shakespeare’s tale of Romeo and Juliet is the best known version of […]
