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Why is Shakespeare still
so popular?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cLyBR1JTo
You know the story…
Boy meets girl …
They fall in love…
And live happily ever after…
WRONG!
Two young, star-crossed lovers meet at a masquerade ball…
one of them is more of a ‘lover’ than you
might have thought!
(Wink wink…)
And in the midst of hatred….
They fall deeply in love...
YouTube clip
‘The meeting’ (to 6:35):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9Vd4tGPi0&feature=related
Only to be thwarted by ......
Mafia warfare…
Bossy, meddling parents…
Secrets and
deception…
Male egos…
Bad advice and gossip…
And a lack of communication…
O Romeo, why won’t
you answer
your iPhone?
Sound familiar?
So why would a story over 400 years old
still appeal to so many people all over the world?
For hundreds of years, Romeo and Juliet has been adapted in dramatic, print, visual and movie form…
And in even more innovative ways…
YouTube’s First interactive book:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2WfW0z0GzE&feature=watch_response
Romeo and Juliet Flip Bookhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmsrMse_ZXg&feature=related
Romeo and Juliet – Animehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pj9X5yaRQ&feature=related
Your task:
Which messages in Romeo and Juliet do you think are
relevant to an audience of today?