... all time from the Elizabethan Age to the present. Romeo and Juliet are often considered the archetypal lovers, and at one time "a romeo"--meaning a lover--was a common noun. Several operas and ballets have been based on the story. The play also contains some of Shakespeare's most-quoted lines, and some of the most beautiful. Although Shakespeare's dialogue often reads beautifully enough on the page, ... extremely agitated, which fits her age and state of mind. Act II: Scene 6 Watch how Zeffirelli directs this scene to emphasize the "violence" of the young peoples' passion and trims the d...

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