FINAL TOUCH : II PU ENGLISH

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare The play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, is the best romantic tragedy of Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is considered as the national poet of England. This play has been translated into every major language and is enacted. This poem is in the form of soliloquy, which is extracted from the play. The two noble families of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues, were staunch enemies. Romeo and Juliet belonged to rival families. Lord Capulet hosted a grand supper. Though Romeo was of Montague’s, he attends the party in disguise to see Rosaline. There he sees Juliet on the dance floor and he is fascinated by her beauty. After the dance he learns that she is the daughter of Lord Capulet. She too feels a prodigious birth of love for him. Romeo glorifies Juliet’s beauty and feels that her beauty surpasses the bright light of the torch in the dark. Romeo uses similes’ to describe the mesmerising beauty of Juliet. He compares Juliet’s beauty to a rich...