
Romeo and Juliet is a play written by the English playwright William Shakespeare. It was published for the first time in 1597. Romeo and Juliet probably the most famous love story of all time. It is a tragic tale depicting the f*******n love shared by two young livers coming from two feuding families. The story is along with Hamlet Shakespeare's most popular and frequently performed play. Romeo and Juliet is regarded by many experts as a great example of Shakespeare's early dramatic skill. The play is set in Italian city Verona where two noble families, the Montague and the Capulets have been sworn enemies for years on end. An unlikely turn of events results in Romeo and Juliet falling in love and getting married in secret. When ensues is a typical Shakespearean tragedy in which social norms, honor and pride irreversibly affect Romeo and Juliet's love story. The play's prologue calls the two protagonists star crossed lovers a most fitting description of their story one in which Universe seems to conspire against them. Although the play draws lots of elements from Classical Greek tragedies William Shakespeare's take on the theme of f*******n love is a unique, masterful piece of literature. This fact is proven by its endurance in the public's conscience and by its numerous adaptions, spanning over four centuries. Throughout the lesson series for the purpose of intelligibility Romeo and Juliet will be presented in a simplified, mostly narrative version and not in its original traditional play form.

