Romeo and Juliet (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare): No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English: 2

The book was useful for her

Delivery was really quick. A super book to read with both Shakespearean text alongside modern day interpretation.

I used to think I understood the original text, but with the Sparknotes modern text alongside the original I realised just how much I had been missing. I never realised Mercutio was quite so rude! Generally I would only want the modern translation as a guide to help with understanding, but this is the exception. While not quite Shakespeare at his best it's pithy and in keeping with the spirit of the original and could certainly be used on its own to give a good flavour of Shakespearean theatre without the misunderstandings. I would certainly buy other books in this series.

Very helpful for a first-time reader like myself using it for an English class. Sometimes phrases would make little sense before the teacher explained it and this book saved me a lot of time making notes to remember each difficult line and I developed a better understanding of the text, quickly.

I use this in my tuition, especially for students who just don't get Shakespeare - and often feel they never will. It makes a good starting point, especially for GCSE. It has one page original text facing one page text rewritten in modern English, so nicely set out too. It also made reluctant students more willing to think they could work with Shakespeare, so well worth a try.

As a GCSE English teacher, I can not recommend this product enough! Yes, you can view the content for free on the Sparknotes website, but when it comes to revision, actually having the text in front of you works best. I love the modern translation alongside the Shakespearian language. Works so, so well.

My daughter needed this for her GCSE revision, as expected.

This a great resource to use to aid the understanding of Shakespeare's language. As a teacher, this has really helped me with lower attaining pupils and EAL students.

Lu avant d'aller voir la pièce à New-York en février 2025. Le concept texte original à gauche et "traduction" en anglais moderne est parfait pour s'imprégner de l'histoire complète en amont.

Easy to read and understand

ok

Fantastic quality

Aufbau des Buches ist wie beschrieben, sehr gut und sehr gut lesbar. Zum Verständnis tragen in hohem Maße auch die Anmerkungen zu Gebräuchen und Zeittypischem bei. Für Leute, die den Originaltext lesen und verstehen wollen, ohne schon Profis zu sein, wirklich zu empfehlen!