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16 . Summarize the story of“Romeo and Juliet”. “Romeo and Juliet”is Shakespeare′s earliest success intragedy . The scene is laid in Verona, a city in Italy . Theplay is an exposure of the old feudal world with its internalstrife and its unnatural human relations .Romeo and Juliet, the pair of young lovers, belong totwo hostile families, Montague and Capulet, so their mar-riage union is impossible . More unfortunately, Romeo killsJuliet′s cousin by anger and is banished; Juliet is engagedto somebody else by her parents . Juliet consults Friar, apriest, who suggests a daring plan to relieve her from theforced marriage, and to give Romeo a chance to take heraway . So she takes a sleeping drag and appears dead forforty-two hours . Then she is taken to the tomb . Romeo,unaware of the truth, heard of Juliet′s funeral, hastensback, goes to the tomb, and kills himself just before Juliet′s wake . Finally, Juliet wakes, but find Romeo dead .Completely in despair, she also kills herself .Romeo and Juliet are images of true love, symbols of faithfulness . They are the children of Renaissance .Though a tragedy, the play is optimistic in spirit . Theplay is full of poetry and romance . It′s a song of youth andlove .

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正面	16 . Summarize the story of“Romeo and Juliet”.
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背面	“Romeo and Juliet”is Shakespeare′s earliest success in tragedy . The scene is laid in Verona, a city in Italy . The play is an exposure of the old feudal world with its internal strife and its unnatural human relations . Romeo and Juliet, the pair of young lovers, belong to two hostile families, Montague and Capulet, so their mar- riage union is impossible . More unfortunately, Romeo kills Juliet′s cousin by anger and is banished; Juliet is engaged to somebody else by her parents . Juliet consults Friar, a priest, who suggests a daring plan to relieve her from the forced marriage, and to give Romeo a chance to take her away . So she takes a sleeping drag and appears dead for forty-two hours . Then she is taken to the tomb . Romeo, unaware of the truth, heard of Juliet′s funeral, hastens back, goes to the tomb, and kills himself just before Juliet′ s wake . Finally, Juliet wakes, but find Romeo dead . Completely in despair, she also kills herself . Romeo and Juliet are images of true love, symbols of faithfulness . They are the children of Renaissance . Though a tragedy, the play is optimistic in spirit . The play is full of poetry and romance . It′s a song of youth and love .

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