In English we are reading Romeo and Juliet (as you may already known) and we learned that it is almost an exact copy of a poem written by Arthur Brooks in the 1500's. I thought that since Romeo and Juliet was written after the poem version, it would be better. For example, I thought the play would have a more believable plot line and more description of characters but I was wrong. I think that the poem was written in a way that made it seem much more real. The characters actually knew each other for long than a minute before falling in love in the poem.
I think it's kind of weird that though the poem and the play are almost exactly the same, and Arthur Brooks was the one who actually came up with the idea, that Shakespeare gets credit. I mean, he is told to be one of the greatest playwrights and he can't even come up wiith the idea for one of his best plays! Hopefully he actually thought of the ideas behind all his other plays.
I actually liked the play better than the poem. And that's saying a lot because I am not enjoying the play. I mean seriously if you're going to simply say youre in love why do you have to put it in a poem thats like five pages long honestly
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