What he does not understand fully is that the people of the World State have been conditioned from birth to hate all things important in Shakespeare's works; emotion, family, love and death. ... John used other quotes of Shakespeare through the novel in response to all highly emotional situations, slowly introducing the reader back into the intensity and beauty of classical language after being deprived of it through the duration of the book. John, in response to Lenina, calls upon memories of Romeo and Juliet as well as other plays by Shakespeare. ... When being read Romeo and Julie...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate