A Letter To Shakespeare
January 23, 1997 William Shakespeare Stratford upon Avon
Dear Mr. Shakespeare
Just recently, I have read what it probably your most highly acclaimed
works, Romeo and Juliet. I must give you credit for doing some great work with
it, being that there are many people who enjoy it tremendously, however, I have
a few problems with your story. I guess the main point that I am trying to
stress, is that your story, yet good, is written to be understood by people from
many centuries ago. Much of the script is written in old English, and it is
very hard to understand and comprehend for people living today. I know that the
setting for the story is several centuries ago, but I think that you could ...
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sorrow," although that is very dramatic,
she could just say something like, "I wish you didn't have to go so soon."
Another part that I noticed was in the scene where Mercutio was
insulting Tybalt, right before they fought in the streets of Verona. Mercutio
had called Tybalt "prince of cats" since Tybalt was an ordinary name for house
cats at that time. I think that it would be all right to keep this part,
however you might want to think about changing Tybalt's name to something that
is more common for cats today like Felix or even better, Whiskers, however that
might not be a suitable name for a normal person. I think that in making these
changes in your story, that it would make it much easier to read for people
today, and I think that it might make school students who have to read it, like
it even more.
You might even want to think about changing the names of the characters
to something more modern, or even something just completely stupid so it would
appeal to people even ...
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