John, in response to Lenina, calls upon memories of Romeo and Juliet as well as other plays by Shakespeare. ... When being read Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz could not help from laughing hysterically at the Juliet's plea to her mother to delay the marriage to Paris because of the death of Tybalt. ... Love, death, family, and passion are major themes in his plays, every one of these removed from the minds of the World State citizens. ... When grown in test tubes and bottles until "decanted-, then raised by various teachers in the Center London Hatchery and Conditioning Center, families come...

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Even if pupils use the same setting and style that Luhrmann uses for his 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, when it comes to pupils considering their own adaptation they must be guided to justify their own decisions. ...

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