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"For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" By close analysis of two scenes, describe how Shakespeare conveys the tragedy of the young lovers.
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"For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" By close analysis of two scenes, describe how Shakespeare conveys the tragedy of the young lovers. "Romeo and Juliet" is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that arises at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. The play covers a very short time span of three days, in which Romeo and Juliet meet, fall in love, marry and die. The "story of...woe" is inevitable from the moment the Prologue addresses the audience from the stage. At the beginning of Act Two Scene Two Romeo, having met Juliet at the ball, finds himself in Capulet's orchard and sees Juliet at her window. He compares her to the sun "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon." She speaks, not knowing he is there, and expresses...
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