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The fear of punishment is not worth the thought of love
Bailee 2022-03-20 09:01:23
The most exciting part of the whole film should be Shakespeare's affair with Kent. In Kent's room, in the gap between rehearsal in the theater, the hot eyes between lovers, and the passionate poems blurted out are the most touching. When I was young, I only read Romeo and Juliet as a class struggle story of young people fighting against feudal consciousness and pursuing freedom of love, and I never understood the love theme in it. It was only when I was 23 years old that I realized that the theme of Shakespeare's plays is not just the fate of to be or not to be, nor the tragic pursuit of freedom in love, but love, the sweetness that warms in my heart. Sweet love looks especially beautiful against the backdrop of many obstacles.
Extended Reading
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Queen Elizabeth: I know something of a woman in a man's profession. Yes, by God, I do know about that.
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[on first hearing the tragic ending to Romeo and Juliet]
Philip Henslowe: Well, that would have them rolling in the aisles.