| Author: | Beth Fuchs | ISBN: | 9781524507848 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | June 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | Beth Fuchs |
| ISBN: | 9781524507848 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | June 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
The real tragedy of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is not that the title characters die. What is far more tragic is that Juliet actually ends up with a mere player (whose cheesy pickup lines only sound good in iambic pentameter and whose sole goal is to bed her) when all the while the perfect-in-every-way Paris is waiting to commit to marriage! The Properer Man spins the characters from Shakespeares famous play into a twenty-first-century American setting featuring pop star Rome Ayo, the patient Harvard-educated suitor Con Pierce, Julia Cappell and her real estate tycoon father, and of course, Dr. Shaelyn K. Speare, who supplies a happy ending thats much more satisfying than a stage littered with corpses. The Properer Man will appeal to readers who simply want to spend a long afternoon in a modern world where perfect males really do exist. Allusions, though, to Shakespeares characters, story line, imagery, and even oft-quoted passages mean the novella can also encourage literature students to analyze how an author transforms source material. (The answers are even included.)
The real tragedy of Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is not that the title characters die. What is far more tragic is that Juliet actually ends up with a mere player (whose cheesy pickup lines only sound good in iambic pentameter and whose sole goal is to bed her) when all the while the perfect-in-every-way Paris is waiting to commit to marriage! The Properer Man spins the characters from Shakespeares famous play into a twenty-first-century American setting featuring pop star Rome Ayo, the patient Harvard-educated suitor Con Pierce, Julia Cappell and her real estate tycoon father, and of course, Dr. Shaelyn K. Speare, who supplies a happy ending thats much more satisfying than a stage littered with corpses. The Properer Man will appeal to readers who simply want to spend a long afternoon in a modern world where perfect males really do exist. Allusions, though, to Shakespeares characters, story line, imagery, and even oft-quoted passages mean the novella can also encourage literature students to analyze how an author transforms source material. (The answers are even included.)
