Romeo and Juliet

Author: Shakespeare
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Romeo and Juliet is one of the most outstanding representative works of the British playwright and poet Shakespeare. It narrates the tragic and moving love story between the children of two feuding families—the Montagues and the Capulets: Romeo and Juliet. Through the determined struggle of these young lovers for freedom of love, the author powerfully condemns the suppression of love by feudal society, denounces the unprincipled, generational feud between families, criticizes the asceticism under the rule of medieval clergy and the autocratic system of arranged marriages by feudal parents, while also praising the sincere, passionate, and unwavering love of the younger generation.