* In this edition we give more than 10 unique illustrations images relevant to the book*In this book illustrations are unique and its help for readers to easily understand storyRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity.The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of poor quality, however, and later editions corrected the text to conform more closely with Shakespeare's original.Shakespeare's use of his poetic dramatic structure (especially effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to heighten tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of sub-plots to embellish the story) has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The play ascribes different poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play. Romeo and Juliet has been adapted numerous times for stage, film, musical, and opera venues. During the English Restoration, it was revived and heavily revised by William Davenant. David Garrick's 18th-century version also modified several scenes, removing material then considered indecent, and Georg Benda's Romeo und Julie omitted much of the action and added a happy ending.Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushman's, restored the original text and focused on greater realism. John Gielgud's 1935 version kept very close to Shakespeare's text and used Elizabethan costumes and staging to enhance the drama. In the 20th and into the 21st century, the play has been adapted in versions as diverse as George Cukor's 1935 film Romeo and Juliet, Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version Romeo and Juliet, and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet.

シェイクスピアの真髄は、言葉が情熱を研ぎ澄ませる詩的構造にあります。二人の対話が精緻なソネットへと昇華される過程は、テキストでしか味わえない言語的陶酔です。未熟な愛が死を経て崇高な普遍性へと至るドラマは、喜劇と悲劇が激しく交錯する文体によって、読者の魂を揺さぶり続けます。 ゼフィレッリやバズ・ラーマンによる映像化が放つ鮮烈な躍動感に対し、本書は行間に潜む深い内省と比喩の美学を静かに提示します。映像の熱量と、挿絵と共に言葉を噛み締める贅沢な読書。その両方を往復することで、宿命に抗う恋人たちの孤独な叫びはより一層の切実さを増し、あなたの心に永遠の輝きを刻むことでしょう。