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Click below to download Shakespeare’s full Romeo and Juliet play in PDF format for free, to read or share. You can also choose to read both Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet text and a modern English version of Romeo and Juliet online broken down by Act and Scene, or download an ebook version of Romeo and Juliet in modern English.
- Original Text of Romeo and Juliet
The language used in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet full...
- Original Text of Romeo and Juliet
- Romeo. One of the protagonists of the play, along with Juliet. He is the male heir to the dynasty of House Montague, which is in a long-standing feud with House Capulet.
- Juliet. One of the protagonists of the play, along with Romeo. She is the female heir to the dynasty of House Capulet, which is in a long-standing feud with House Montague.
- Friar Laurence. A kindly, philosophical friar of Verona who, as his community’s spiritual and intellectual center, keeps finding himself enmeshed in the dramas of House Montague and House Capulet.
- The Nurse. Juliet’s nurse is the main source of comic relief throughout the play. Forgetful, long-winded, bawdy, and seemingly immune to embarrassment, the nurse is happy to share cringe-worthy stories from her own past and Juliet’s… read analysis of The Nurse.
Juliet becomes the catalyst that causes the metamorphosis of Romeo from a Petrarchan lover to a Shakespearan lover. Ultimately, the two lovers meet a tragic end, but Juliet’s action at the end of the play signifies the lengths to which the character is able to go in order to assert her freedom.
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Mercutio. A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. One of the most extraordinary characters in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Mercutio overflows with imagination, wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and brooding fervor. Mercutio loves wordplay, especially sexual double entendres.
Romeo goes to the tomb, kills Paris, and poisons himself. Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead, and stabs herself. Actually understand Romeo and Juliet. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
Shakespeare was writing for his acting group, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later, the King’s Men). Thus, his characters and writing style correspond to some of his most talented actors (Richard Burbage, for instance; most well known for his role as the first Romeo and the eponymous character Hamlet).
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Shakespeare drew on many sources—both ancient and contemporaneous with his own era—in the writing of Romeo and Juliet. The tale of Pyramus and Thisbe from Ovid’s Metamorphoses tells the story of two Babylonian lovers forbidden from marrying one another by their feuding parents.
