Romeo and Juliet before Shakespeare
โ Scribed by Jill L. Levenson
- Book ID
- 120945492
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 760 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-3738
- DOI
- 10.2307/4174179
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SUMMARY: These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. When Romeo first lays eyes on the bewitching Juliet, it's love at first sight. But though their love runs true and deep, it is also completely forbidden. With family and fa