William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. ... Sonnets usually consist of 14 lines, the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" follows this structure. ... I also think the he chose to use a sonnet is because Romeo and Juliet is about love and this is what sonnets were used for. ... Just as the 1997 film "Romeo and Juliet" uses a news bulletin to present the prologue because modern audiences are used to information being interpreted this way, Shakespeare used a sonnet because his audience would be used to these. ... Overall I think that that the...

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One of his most famous love stories is Romeo and Juliet. ... Well, there is not a lot of information that is known about Shakespeare's personal experiences with love, or of his marriage. ... Could this have been what influenced Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet? ...

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