...despite the reluctance of the destined bride or groom, could never (it seems) have been otherwise. 'Never was a story of more woe | Than this of Juliet and her Romeo', says the Prince at the end; that sense of almost-sentimentalized 'woe' is all the greater because the...

...precocity beyond his years he poured forth the story in a manner that proved him of the poet's opinion, "Never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."24 We reached the deserted monastery, walked through a sweet old garden, blossoming with flowers,...

...have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished; For never was there a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." ALL: [Singing.} And Romeo and Juliet are dead. [ADAM and DANIEL rock out, jamming a power-chord rock...

...brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. ALL exit. THE END. at such rate be set: of higher value enmity: hatred glooming: gloomy, cloudy While...

...Juliet. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon' d and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Act v Sciii The play's characters Juliet Juliet Juliet is a young girl, only 14 years of age. She is...

...story moves inexorably to its tragic end. As Shakespeare wrote in the final two lines of the play: For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. In Act Two, Scene Two there is an indication that Shakespeare considered this tragic pair to be soul...

...last two lines of a forty-five-line soliloquy. The play itself possesses some famous last words, too: "For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." 'O town of my fathers in Thebes' land. 0 gods of our house 1 am led away at last. Look, leaders of...

...violent meaning of events, but as the prince's closing words suggest, something extra needs to be told, 'never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo' (5.3.308-9). There is a sense that 'this' version of the story exceeds earlier ones. For all its repetition...

...his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished: est thoughts To courtship, and such fair ostents of love As shall co [Exeunt. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM DRAMATIS in love with Hermia, THESEUS, Duke of Athens. EG E US,...

...responsibility. His are the closing lines which round off the play, returning it to the condition of myth: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. The formality evident in the appearances of the Prince recurs in many other aspects of the play's design....