"I had originally planned to just see it the first time, but the play, which could only be described as life-changing, begged itself to be rewatched." Lulu McDonald is blown away by Broadway's 'Romeo ...

There are plenty of reasons why Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, and yet, there are also a few bits that definitely feel jarring to a modern audience. So, with that in ...

This senseless brutality and violence is one of the reasons Romeo and Juliet is popular even in modern society because the play explores how this hatred between two families has lasting ...

Juliet is one of the main characters from Romeo and Juliet ... Well, well, well, this is modern. I’ve checked the text guys and Juliet specifically calls it a dagger. You start bringing guns ...

As she points out, why should Juliet’s story end just because Romeo’s does? After some cajoling, Shakespeare reluctantly agrees and Juliet is granted a reprieve, with the story following her ...

Shakespeare also gives to tragedy characters the freedom to decide their own fate and this is one of the things that makes Romeo and Juliet a modern tragedy.

It’s safe to say that there are few people on Earth who don’t know the story of Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare's tragic ... and Baz Luhrmann’s modern (for 1996) adaptation are some of the best ...