... . These elements have helped to make this tragedy so popular. In many ways, Shakespeare was very ahead of his time. William Shakespeare is considered by many the greatest writer to ever live. Shakespeare had a special gift that enabled him to accurately portray human emotions. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare writes about love emerging in the midst of hatred. These are themes that still apply today. Love ... and hate are emotions that will never disappear as time progresses. This is what still makes his works appeal to generation after generation. Since the invention of the motion pictur...

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