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Old 05-07-2014, 09:37 AM   #51
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Yes. Shakespeare's plays are divided into three groups: histories, comedies, and tragedies, and "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy, but it is most assuredly ALSO a love story - a romance.
Not to me. I mean, I get why you say that, but to me it's a couple of idiot kids making bad decisions and the whole thing is full of that angst and drama we were complaining about earlier (well, I was complaining, anyway). Look, I hated the thing. I'm not even all that fond of Mark Knopfler's version of it, but if one HAS to have such a theme, his song is the better choice. And more realistic too.

I do see how it can be considered a love story or a romance, but it's not romantic, it's a tragedy.
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