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Has Shakespeare done it again? Shakespeare has yet again written an excellent play. This time it's named Romeo and Juliet and tells the tragic story about two young lovers. The play hasn't been too well received among critics. I've watched it myself and I know a lot you will never be able to watch it. That's why I've written this review of it and hopefully the law-enforcement won't have it removed.

The play is a love-story, a tale about forbidden love. Romeo is a part of the Montague family, while Juliet is a Capulet. These are two rivaling families that literally hate each other. This gets Romeo and Juliet in quite a pinch. Romeo met Juliet when he snuck into the Capulet ball, Later that night the romantic balcony scene happens. Romeo overhears Juliet talking to herself about her love for him despite the families’ rivalry. Romeo then shows himself and they later agree to get married. They are married the next day, with the help of Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence hoped to improve the relationship between the two families by uniting the young couple. Juliet’s father then agrees for her to get married to Count Paris. Juliet is of course already married to Romeo, and loves him, which makes this new marriage put her in a different situation – to choose between love and family.

Juliet visits the same man that helped them get married, Friar Laurence, for help. He gives her drugs that will put her into a coma, which will it seem like she’s dead, for 42 hours. Laurence is supposed to send a messenger to Romeo telling him about the drug, but the messenger never reaches him. Juliet decides to take the drugs the night before she’s supposed to marry Count Paris. Since the messenger never reached Romeo he thinks Juliet is dead, like everyone else.

Juliet’s death crushes Romeo and he buys some poison and goes to Juliet’s grave, in the Capulet Crypt. There he meets Count Paris. Count Paris thinks Romeo is a vandal, coming to rob the grave, though Romeo is there in the same errand as Count Paris, to mourn Juliet. Count Paris attacks Romeo and Romeo ends up killing Paris. Remember; Romeo still thinks Juliet is dead. He is so filled up with grief that he drinks his poison and dies. The sleeping Juliet then wakes up and notices the dead Romeo. She ends up stabbing herself with Romeo’s dagger. The 3 dead bodies change the relationship between the families and they agree stop the fighting. Even though the critics didn’t like the play it seemed like most of the audience did, including me. I visited the last play for now, but mark my words; there will be more plays. I feel this is going to be a classic.

// Espen Selfors

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