Crazy summary from (where else) ffnet...

[valis2]

A young Muggle girl finds her way into Hogwarts and also into the infamous Potions Master.

Sounds messy.

ETA: bwa haha hahahahah!!

Two households, both alike in dignity, in London, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes-A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life…

"Fatal loins"?!! HAHAHhaha

ETA: gillieweed has pointed me to this abomination.

Comments

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

*twitch* Yes. *twitchtwitch* Unfortunately.

The "Happy Ending version" particularly made me want to gouge my eyes out.

If people could only be bothered to read a few more of Shakespeare's plays, there are ones that actually had happy endings the way Shakespeare wrote them. Granted, there isn't the exact same sense of star-crossed love, but...you know...happy ending.

I've never understood why everyone loves Romeo and Juliet so much anyway. Ok, yes, Shakespeare's writing is always lovely, but that play just never appealed to me in the way most of his other plays have (the one's I've read, of course).

[valis2.livejournal.com]

For doomed lovers, I much prefer Antony & Cleopatra by far. The maturity of the two characters, the deceptions they must endure and perpetuate...I love that play. Romeo & Juliet is a lovely play, yes, but it doesn't do as much for me as A&C.

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

YES. I adore Antony and Cleopatra. It's such an amazing play and it really does have everything. Action, comedy, tragedy, romance. Even a few slashy bits. ;D I took a class this past semester on Shakespeare's Roman plays and we spent quite a bit of time on A&C.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I don't think I've ever read Julius Caesar...is that play as enjoyable as A&C, in your opinion?

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

I love Julius Caesar. That was one of the first plays I read and I've always enjoyed it. It's definitely more like Antony and Cleopatra than the other Roman plays, probably because it has some of the same characters in it. Obviously it is different, less comedy and less romance, I think. But it's an interesting play all the same, and definitely worth reading if just for some of the speeches. The funeral orations Brutus and Antony give are amazing.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I'll definitely have to check it out. :)

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

I think Julius Caesar is my favorite.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Sounds like I'll have to check it out soon. :)