Mediaeval stories, written before the advent of the novel, could be either epics - usually based in some kind of historical fact - or romances, tales of chivalry based on legend and adventure, or the supernatural. ... The doctor laughingly tells Alvy that he needn't worry about that for years, and that he should concentrate on being happy, but neither the child nor the adult Alvy seems capable of heeding the doctor's advice, and the adult Alvy has been in analysis for fifteen years. ... So, in modernity, we have the "shock of the new" - everything in the city is constantly changing a...

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Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait two years, since Juliet is not yet even fourteen. ... Soon, Romeo speaks to Juliet, and the two experience a profound attraction. ... The two begin to duel. ... Analysis of Major Characters Romeo The name Romeo, in popular culture, has become nearly synonymous with "lover."" ...

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