A bitter feud between the Montagues and the Capulets keeps the city of Verona, Italy, in a state of constant unrest. Despite the enmity, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall passionately in love. Enlisting the help of Friar Laurence, the young lovers wed in secret, hoping that their marriage will finally unite the two families. But things go terribly, tragically wrong. One of Shakespeare’s most widely performed plays, Romeo and Juliet has been adapted for every conceivable format. Yet no adaptation — film, television, radio, or opera — can match the richness of the original. This inspired graphic novel version depicts every scene of the play in full-color illustrations, accompanied by every word of the original text. Authentic yet easy to follow, this exciting adaptation is ideal for purists, students, and readers who appreciate Shakespeare’s matchless verse. Also available are the Original Text, with the Bard's original, unabridged work, and a Quick Text version, with less dialogue for a fast-paced read.
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Excellent, but pay attention to Plain vs Original Text,
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This review is from: Romeo and Juliet The Graphic Novel: Plain Text (Paperback)
I absolutely adore the Classic Comics line of graphic novels. The artwork is stunning, full-color gorgeousness that's done in the typical panel form of a standard comic. For those of you who aren't familiar with graphic novels, be aware that "graphic novel" is a synonym for "comic book." That's precisely what this is, a comic book. It has panels and dialogue with balloons above the characters' heads. Only instead of superheroes and dastardly villains, the art depicts scenes from Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet, and the storyline is straight from the Bard.
In the Original Text version, the dialogue and all the explanatory text presented is taken directly from the original Shakespeare. It's heavily abridged to fit the available number of pages, but you won't find a single word or exclamation that doesn't appear in the classic play as first published hundreds of years ago. The fact that every scene is illustrated by full-color artwork does make it slightly easier to figure out what's going on even if you can't understand the difficult language, but if you aren't already familiar with Shakespeare you're probably still going to want some kind of guide. Fortunately, the Plain Text edition is that guide. The Plain Text edition features the exact same artwork, the same scenes, the same amount of dialogue -- but instead of Shakespearean Middle English, it's "translated" into modern English that's significantly easier to read. For instance, the well-known verse "Hark! What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" might be changed to something like, "Look, there, out the window! The dawn is breaking in the east, and Juliet's beauty is as brilliant as the sun's rays!" (That's not an exact quote, but it's similar to the style of the changes made in these translations.) I'm a big fan of these books and I faithfully collect each new title as it's released. I love the colorful artwork and the glossy heavy paper that's so pleasing to the touch. I can't speak to whether reading literature in a comic book style is likely to encourage teens to pick up the original, but I do think it's at least a step in the right direction. A lot of high schools already present students with heavily abridged classics, and versions of Shakespeare that are modernized to be easier to understand. This is no different aside from having pages of full-color artwork to illustrate the same story.
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My Today's Teen Loves Shakespeare,
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I home school an average 15 year old freshman. He hates reading books. I ordered this Romeo and Juliet graphic novel in american English text, and he won't put it down! Need I say more? What could be better, you ask? He understands what he's read.
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