Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet – Sources For The Star-Cross'd Lovers
Tracing the sources of Shakespeare’s plays to their roots is fun, though sometimes vexing. Do you work backwards, or try and trace the evolution from ancient texts to his eventual recreation?Chronologically, the most obvious inspiration for Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which includes the tragic tale of Pyramus and
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