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ROMEO AND JULIET MODERN TRANSLATION. Struggling with Romeo and Juliet? We can help! Grasp the original play via the Shakespeare Retold modern English translation in lyrical verse weaved between each line, unlocking the meaning and beauty of Shakespeare’s enduring tragic love story.
Romeo & Juliet in Modern English: Act 1, Scene 1. Home 1 / Shakespeare Plays 2 / Modern Romeo and Juliet Translation 3 / Romeo & Juliet in Modern English: Act 1, Scene 1. It was hot. Sizzling. Even at eight o’clock. Verona was coming to life: people poured out of the houses and filled the streets while market traders set up their stalls in ...
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Romeo and Juliet Translation Act 1, Scene 1. Also check out our detailed summary & analysis of this scene. Original. Translation. Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY of the house of Capulet, with swords and bucklers. The Capulet family's servants—SAMPSON and GREGORY—enter carrying swords and small shields. SAMPSON. Gregory, on my word, we’ll not carry coals.
Romeo & Juliet in Modern English: Act 2, Scene 1 Romeo couldn't bear to leave the house where he had been so soundly struck down. Each step he took would carry him further away from Juliet. He couldn't go just...
He points him out to Capulet, who tells Tybalt to let it go—tonight is not the night for fighting. Romeo, meanwhile, woos Juliet, and the two share a kiss. After they part, Romeo finds out from her nurse that Juliet is a Capulet, and Juliet later finds out that Romeo is a Montague. Modern English:
