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Romeo and Juliet

The Bookening

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Who Doesn't Like Shakespeare?

J.R.R. Tolkien liked Shakespeare, but who doesn't? Nabokov, maybe? Probably Tolstoy didn't like it. So one of the reasons I'm excited to talk about this play is because it's a great play to teach to students. And we've done this seven times now, and we pretty much do the same context every time. But let's do a little bit of quiz. Sound good? Yeah. When was Shakespeare born? 1993. Good job. He's still alive. We'll get a once-to-view.

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