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  2. Tromeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Tromeo and Juliet is a 1996 American independent transgressive romantic black comedy film and a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet from Troma Entertainment. The film was directed by Lloyd Kaufman from a screenplay by Kaufman and James Gunn , who also served as associate director .

  3. Matteo Bandello - Wikipedia

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    The only nearly complete translation of Bandello's tales into English is "The novels of Matteo Bandello", translated by John Payne in 6 volumes, 1890. This edition is separated into 4 parts, containing 51, 43, 51, and 21 stories, respectively, for a total of 166, minus two (part 2, story 35 and part 4, story 6), omitted because of their being almost identical to those of Marguerite de Navarre ...

  4. Butterfly Lovers - Wikipedia

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    Verona is the literary hometown of Romeo and Juliet, the lead characters in Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet. Ningbo is the setting for the Chinese classical romantic tragedy Butterfly Lovers, or Liang Zhu. The Butterfly Lovers is also known as the Chinese Romeo and Juliet.

  5. Touch Not the Cat - Wikipedia

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    In Touch Not the Cat, these quotes are all from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Many other literary allusions add depth to the story. These include: Walter de la Mare - a quote from his poem 'The Riddlers' precedes the story; and the 'lamps of peace' that Bryony refers to in the novel are from his poem 'Trees'.

  6. Biblical allusions in Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Shaheen notes for example the lines "O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!" (1.1.19–20) and "God's goodness hath been great to thee. Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, But still remember what the Lord hath done." (2.1.82–84) contain "strong overtones of Scripture, but no actual references seem to be ...

  7. Tybalt - Wikipedia

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    Tybalt (/ ˈ t ɪ b ə l t /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.He is the son of Lady Capulet's brother, Juliet's short-tempered first cousin, and Romeo's rival.

  8. The Rape of Lucrece - Wikipedia

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    Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia.In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to compose a "graver labour".

  9. (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" is a song written by Bob Hamilton and Freddie Gorman, first made famous by the 1964 hit recording by the Reflections. The song is the first person narrative of a young man who plans to find a job so that he can buy his girlfriend presents and a car to take her out on dates.