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Romeo And Juliet Research Paper

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What the hell is love? More importantly, what the hell is a love story? Everyone knows, it’s the story about how two young, star crossed lovers find each other in a hopeless situation, but isn’t that formula getting old? It wasn’t old for Shakespeare's time. Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most famous play. But does it hold up because it’s a good story or because of the famous author? I say that there is something more than what’s on the surface of Romeo and Juliet.
The first thing to think about would be the effect Shakespeare has had on writing. Ever since his time, the idea of ending a love story in a tragedy was not unusual. In fact, he actually tells the audience that it’s going to end in a tragedy towards the beginning. Romeo
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