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This was a very silly story. The silliest of all the Shakespeare I've read - I even laughed a little bit at the awfulness of the play put on during the wedding.
I googled a little bit after I finished, and found lots of deep critiques finding all sorts of themes (the dark side of love, the loss of identity, homoeroticism, and so on) but I didn't see any of that. My amateur theory is that ole Shakes was poking fun at himself; in particular, poking fun at the dark melodrama of Romeo & Juliet and h ...more
I googled a little bit after I finished, and found lots of deep critiques finding all sorts of themes (the dark side of love, the loss of identity, homoeroticism, and so on) but I didn't see any of that. My amateur theory is that ole Shakes was poking fun at himself; in particular, poking fun at the dark melodrama of Romeo & Juliet and h ...more
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Love the story line and the characters.
