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So Sad And Beautiful Like My Favorite Drama/Romance/Fantasy/Drama/Animation/ And Family Movies Gnomeo & Juliet,The Lion King II: Simba's Pride,And Romeo and Juliet History:The play Romeo 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. Its 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, to expand the plot, developed 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, but his text was of poor quality, and later editions corrected it, bringing it more in line 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 operatic adaptation 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,The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet servants who, like their masters, are sworn enemies. Prince Escalus of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter Juliet, but Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris's courtship.

Meanwhile, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo, Montague's son, about Romeo's recent depression. Benvolio discovers that it stems from unrequited infatuation for a girl named Rosaline, one of Capulet's nieces. Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet. Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, is enraged at Romeo for sneaking into the ball, but is only stopped from killing Romeo by Juliet's father, who doesn't wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues. Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be married. With the help of Friar Laurence, who hopes to reconcile the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next day,Tybalt, meanwhile, still incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the Capulet ball, challenges him to a duel. Romeo, now considering Tybalt his kinsman, refuses to fight. Mercutio is offended by Tybalt's insolence, as well as Romeo's "vile submission,"[1] and accepts the duel on Romeo's behalf. Mercutio is fatally wounded when Romeo attempts to break up the fight. Grief-stricken and wracked with guilt, Romeo confronts and slays Tybalt.

Montague argues that Romeo has justly executed Tybalt for the murder of Mercutio. The Prince, now having lost a kinsman in the warring families' feud, exiles Romeo from Verona, under penalty of death if he ever returns. Romeo secretly spends the night in Juliet's chamber, where they consummate their marriage. Capulet, misinterpreting Juliet's grief, agrees to marry her to Count Paris and threatens to disown her when she refuses to become Paris's "joyful bride."[2] When she then pleads for the marriage to be delayed, her mother rejects her.

Juliet visits Friar Laurence for help, and he offers her a potion that will put her into a deathlike coma for "two and forty hours."[3] The Friar promises to send a messenger to inform Romeo of the plan, so that he can rejoin her when she awakens. On the night before the wedding, she takes the drug and, when discovered apparently dead, she is laid in the family crypt.

The messenger, however, does not reach Romeo and, instead, Romeo learns of Juliet's apparent death from his servant Balthasar. Heartbroken, Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and goes to the Capulet crypt. He encounters Paris who has come to mourn Juliet privately. Believing Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing battle, Romeo kills Paris. Still believing Juliet to be dead, he drinks the poison. Juliet then awakens and, finding Romeo dead, stabs herself with his dagger. The feuding families and the Prince meet at the tomb to find all three dead. Friar Laurence recounts the story of the two "star-cross'd lovers". The families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to end their violent feud. The play ends with the Prince's elegy for the lovers: "For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo,Romeo and Juliet borrows from a tradition of tragic love stories dating back to antiquity. One of these is Pyramus and Thisbe, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which contains parallels to Shakespeare's story: the lovers' parents despise each other, and Pyramus falsely believes his lover Thisbe is dead.[5] The Ephesiaca of Xenophon of Ephesus, written in the 3rd century, also contains several similarities to the play, including the separation of the lovers, and a potion that induces a deathlike sleep.[6]

One of the earliest references to the names Montague and Capulet is from Dante's Divine Comedy, who mentions the Montecchi (Montagues) and the Cappelletti (Capulets) in canto six of Purgatorio:[7]

Come and see, you who are negligent,
Montagues and Capulets, Monaldi and Filippeschi
One lot already grieving, the other in fear.[8]

However, the reference is part of a polemic against the moral decay of Florence, Lombardy and the Italian Peninsula as a whole; Dante, through his characters, chastises German King Albert I for neglecting his responsibilities towards Italy ("you who are negligent"), and successive popes for their encroachment from purely spiritual affairs, thus leading to a climate of incessant bickering and warfare between rival political parties in Lombardy. History records the name of the family Montague as being lent to such a political party in Verona, but that of the Capulets as from a Cremonese family, both of whom play out their conflict in Lombardy as a whole rather than within the confines of Verona.[9] Allied to rival political factions, the parties are grieving ("One lot already grieving") because their endless warfare has led to the destruction of both parties,[9] rather than a grief from the loss of their ill-fated offspring as the play sets forth, which appears to be a solely poetic creation within this context.

The earliest known version of the Romeo and Juliet tale akin to Shakespeare's play is the story of Mariotto and Gianozza by Masuccio Salernitano, in the 33rd novel of his Il Novellino published in 1476.[10] Salernitano sets the story in Siena and insists its events took place in his own lifetime. His version of the story includes the secret marriage, the colluding friar, the fray where a prominent citizen is killed, Mariotto's exile, Gianozza's forced marriage, the potion plot, and the crucial message that goes astray. In this version, Mariotto is caught and beheaded and Gianozza dies of grief.[11]

Luigi da Porto adapted the story as Giulietta e Romeo and included it in his Historia novellamente ritrovata di due Nobili Amanti published in 1530.[12] Da Porto drew on Pyramus and Thisbe and Boccacio's Decameron. He gave it much of its modern form, including the names of the lovers, the rival families of Montecchi and Capuleti, and the location in Verona.[10] He also introduces characters corresponding to Shakespeare's Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris. Da Porto presents his tale as historically true and claims it took place in the days of Bartolomeo II della Scala (a century earlier than Salernitano). In da Porto's version Romeo takes poison and Giulietta stabs herself with his dagger.[13]

In 1554, Matteo Bandello published the second volume of his Novelle, which included his version of Giuletta e Romeo.[12] Bandello emphasises Romeo's initial depression and the feud between the families, and introduces the Nurse and Benvolio. Bandello's story was translated into French by Pierre Boaistuau in 1559 in the first volume of his Histories Tragiques. Boaistuau adds much moralising and sentiment, and the characters indulge in rhetorical outbursts.[14]

In his 1562 narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, Arthur Brooke translated Boaistuau faithfully, but adjusted it to reflect parts of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.[15] There was a trend among writers and playwrights to publish works based on Italian novelles—Italian tales were very popular among theatre-goers—and Shakespeare may well have been familiar with William Painter's 1567 collection of Italian tales titled Palace of Pleasure.[16] This collection included a version in prose of the Romeo and Juliet story named "The goodly History of the true and constant love of Romeo and Juliett". Shakespeare took advantage of this popularity: The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Romeo and Juliet are all from Italian novelle. Romeo and Juliet is a dramatisation of Brooke's translation, and Shakespeare follows the poem closely, but adds extra detail to both major and minor characters (in particular the Nurse and Mercutio).[17]

Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander and Dido, Queen of Carthage, both similar stories written in Shakespeare's day, are thought to be less of a direct influence, although they may have helped create an atmosphere in which tragic love stories could thrive. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w… " width="15" height="15" alt="" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="387" title=" (Wink)"/>

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ardria [2011-07-09 14:20:03 +0000 UTC]

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It's absolutely beautiful! I loved this fanfiction a lot, but I may just be loving this art more! Channa looks absolutely perfect, and you've captured the scene brilliantly! I can't think of a single negative word for this, because it's just so stunning. The shading is just....wow, and the poses and clothing choice (VERY brilliant choice to choose colours with logic rather than simply appearance) fit with the scene better than....well, I think better than the author herself imagined! I really don't want to sound dopey, but this art honestly makes me want to cry all over again, as I did when I read the fanfiction. Pure, pure, amazement.

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Giusy96 [2011-07-01 10:26:43 +0000 UTC]

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Just a word,can't express the feeling that I felt watching this image. It's really a touching scene,I haven't still read this part of the story,but I imagine it will be the most beautiful part of all the story. I love their expression,all seems to be perfect,also the position are came out very well. I love the BG and the light that you added. I can see the wonderful Duncan ad Channa's eyes shine. Also Courtney looks too cute. All little details and little parts of this image is very tidy. I also love a lot the flowers and the lawn,that looks so realistic. You did an awesome work,friend. I love it,probably it is one of my favourite DxC fan-art ever,because you mixed together a great story,3 lovely characters,an awesome BG and also amazing clothes. Again,it's supre-fantastic!

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vanessa5400 [2016-02-14 15:47:23 +0000 UTC]

Happy Valentines Day

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Meowsos [2015-11-13 03:40:18 +0000 UTC]

Can I have a link for the fanfic?

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hanny317 [2014-04-18 20:05:32 +0000 UTC]

Aww1 I can;t even put this into words! but I will say this: INCREDIBLE!

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AbbyRoth [2014-02-26 22:52:41 +0000 UTC]

Do you think you know, for finding Channa and letting her go back to the parents who took her in and cared for her then killing himself, do you think she forgives him?

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AbbyRoth [2014-02-11 00:32:38 +0000 UTC]

I hope that Courtney forgives him. For almost killing there baby. I hope....

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partgeek [2013-12-31 18:52:39 +0000 UTC]

ohhh how cute! i finally finished reading the whole story this is such great work i love this!

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AironFay [2013-08-31 03:47:05 +0000 UTC]

awwwwwwwww cute hehe

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DrgnLuvR [2012-07-27 07:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Awwwww... *sniffles* I cries ... but I love this art.

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lovely-brunette93 [2012-01-18 19:36:03 +0000 UTC]

awww poor duncan but still it's very cute

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The-Slothful-Cynic [2011-10-12 22:31:06 +0000 UTC]

words cannot express how beautiful and moving this is. i have a heart of stone and this sets of, albeit small, but emotions, which is an accomplishment. you really got the escence of the story and portayed it beautifully.

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HoneyGoddess57 [2011-09-26 01:18:20 +0000 UTC]

This is so beautiful and yet sad; hopefully I could read it if it wasn't in italian but I still find this piece of art very sad.
Poor Duncan but in a way I don't know why he's crying.

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SariDxCxoxoPrincess [2011-07-08 22:08:06 +0000 UTC]

you know, Channa looks exactly as I imagined her. I really love this picture, is amazing!

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NoodlezSoup [2011-07-07 05:12:36 +0000 UTC]

I barely started reading the story today and certainly finished it today as well. I simply love how the characters are drawn in this picture. I am so touched by this picture that it brings the sadness i felt when i was reading that scene from the story. This is overall a wonderful piece of art you have done here.

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Soundwave3591 [2011-07-07 02:14:24 +0000 UTC]

While i agree with your reasoning, i think if you had left the German uniform, but all Tattered and worn instead of crisp and polished, it would have conveyed an even larger message: He's found his paradise, but he's thinking about all the suffering Hitler and the SS have caused....and now his tears are evocative of the Suffering of the German people during and after the war. he doesn't deserve his paradise.
I haven't read the story, so maybe i have it completely wrong. but that's just what i think looking at images alone.

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TheKoboldNecromancer [2011-07-06 01:37:30 +0000 UTC]

So beautifully done. I marvel at your work, I really do. If I had your talent, well then, I'd have a viable excuse to be doing something other than writing. Maybe I'll have you do the art cover for my novel!

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carmillad [2011-07-05 17:29:34 +0000 UTC]

*sob* Really touching image to suit that emotional meeting between father and daughter T _ T. I can actually feel Duncan's sadness and regret, Channa looks as angelic as she really is while Courtney looks gorgeous. By the way, it was a nice touch to make her witness that moment (In the story she doesn't know about it, just suspects they're together and still doesn't approve him getting close to Channa, is her father who lets her know the little girl has forgiven him), since it would be another reason why she forgives him too at the end. Great job!

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