Romeo and Juliet
Written by William Shakespeare
Published by Public Domain
Genre: Tragedy
Audience: General readers, students, and theatre enthusiasts
Tone: Dramatic
In *Romeo and Juliet*, William Shakespeare crafts a tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers whose passionate romance is doomed by their families' bitter feud, leading to devastating consequences that ultimately reconcile their warring households.
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"'Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field.'"
"'Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.'"
"'Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till it be morrow.'"
"'Banishment? Be merciful, say death; For exile hath more terror in his look.'"
"'O, I am fortune’s fool!'"
"'These violent delights have violent ends.'"
"'What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'"
"'My only love sprung from my only hate!'"
"'Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.'"
"'A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;'"