Why Did Shakespeare Write Romeo And Juliet

Is William Shakespeare the famous writer everyone thinks he is, or was he given credit where it was not due? Some critics say that William Shakespeare did not write his plays. There is evidence showing that Shakespeare did not write his plays, but there is also evidence that he indeed did write his plays. Most of Shakespeare’s plays were not his in the first place, he wrote most of them based off of previous writers and historical events. There were no copywrite laws back then so all of his actions were legal. We still however do not fully know if Shakespeare wrote all of the plays that are accredited to him. Whether or not Shakespeare did write the plays or not, he added nearly three thousand words to the English language. William Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet was a love story and was written from 1594 to 1596, it was published in a quarto in 1599. The most famous scene in Romeo and Juliet is the balcony scene. The balcony scene captured everyone's attention because it is said to be the most romantic part of the play. What is really interesting about the balcony scene is that it most likely didn’t exist when shakespeare wrote his play. That’s right, it was most likely added into the play later on by someone else. The most famous line in the play Romeo and Juliet is “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Romeo and Juliet was not the original name of the play, the original name of the play is The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. A lot of major things that we know about this play today have been changed from the original, whether it was the most famous scene or the name of the play itself. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet was a 13 year old girl. Furthermore women were not aloud on stage back in Shakespeare’s time, so Juliet was most likely played by a man on stage. It’s amazing that Shakespeare jumped around in genres like he did, is there anything that he couldn’t write? (Source
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and he died April 23, 1616. His parents names were John and Mary Shakespeare and he had seven siblings! His first sibling was his sister Joan who was born in 1558 and died in 1558 only 2 months later.. His second sibling was his sister Margaret and she was born in 1562 and died in 1563. His third sibling was his brother Gilbert and he was born in 1566 and died in 1612. His fourth sibling was his sister whose name was also Joan and she was born in 1569 and died in 1646. His fifth sibling was his sister Anne and she was born in 1571 and died in 1579. His sixth sibling was his brother Richard and he was born in 1574 and died in 1613. His seventh sibling was his brother Edmund and he was born in 1580 and died in 1607. Did you recognize any of his siblings names, let alone know that he had any siblings? Well if you didn’t know now you do. (Source