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Shakespeare, Brookes, and Plagiarism

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CarsonCary Vanderveen EnglishI 18April2013 ShakespeareandPlagiarism ManypeopleknowthetaleofRomeoandJuliet,famously?written?byWilliamShakespeare-itisconsideredaclassictragedy,andbeautifulstoryoflove.Somethingthatiscommonlyoverlooked,however,isthatArthurBrooke?snarrativepoemTheTragicalHistoryofRomeusandJulietisthebasisofShakespeare?sRomeoandJuliet.Brooke?spoemwaspublishedin1562,whereasShakespeare?splaycamealonglaterin1597(Delahoyd).TheverysamecharacternamesandploteventsfromBrooke?spoemwereusedinRomeoandJuliet,butShakespearegavenocredittoBrooke(Hudson).Althoughaccusedofplagiarism,WilliamShakespearesimplyadaptedBrooke?spoemintoaplay. Plagiarismcanbedefinedasthreethings.One-

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; Sensual Love vs True Love

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CarsonCary Vanderveen EnglishI 8April2013 Romeo&Juliet-TrueLovevs.SensualLove Loveandlust,twoofthestrongestsensationsintheworld,thatintertwinesoeasilyandoftenparadeastheother;apairofdifferentloves-truelove,andsensuallove.ThesetwolovesrepresentathemeinShakespeare?sRomeoandJuliet.The?star-crossedlovers?arebetterknownfortheirpure,truelove.However,thereisalsoaslightlycruder,moresensualsidetotheirlove.IbelievethatRomeorepresentsthesensuallovebetweenheandJuliet,andthatJulietrepresentsthetruelovetheybothshare.
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