Dear Alex,
how are you? In your last letter you asked me what i was up to. Well to fill you in, I'm reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It's for a school assignment. So far in the book Romeo ( a Montague, mortal enemy's of Capulet's) falls in love with Juliet (a Capulet, mortal enemy's of Montague's) and secretly gets married to her by there friend friar Lawrence. But just a couple of hours after being wed to Juliet (the love of his life) he gets in to a fight with her cousin Tybalt and accidentally kills him. After this, Romeo gets punished by the prince and is banished from Verona (a place in Italy where they all live). That's pretty much where I'm up to in the book so far. sounds interesting hugh? just wait till Juliet finds out about Romeo's banishment.
I know you've heard the story of Romeo and Juliet before, but trust me knowing the story and actually reading it are two different things. for one thing, you learn allot of things about the characters that you probably didn't know before. One thing that i observed while reading Rome and Juliet was how secretive their love was. they really couldn't let anybody find out about their love for each other , or else. i also learned how much Juliet's nurse was like a mother to her. Even though she's not to crazy about Romeo, she put her feelings for Romeo aside because he made Juliet happy.
And i know your probably thinking right know, "yeah, like I'd ever read boring old Shakespeare" but this story is really, really good! believe it or not back then there was such a thing as drama, romance and gossip (which are all the things you like). Trust me, the more i got into the story the more i became glued to the book. and if you are thinking about reading this book but is to scared to read it because it seems like it's in another language, just try and translate it to modern English.
Fare well thee!
sincerely, Isabella
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