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Poet Hollie McNish is joined by beatboxer Testament to explore love in all its forms in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. They’ll help you prepare for your GCSE English literature exam where you’ll need to understand and write about key themes of the play. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight.Their love is so powerful it brings peace to their warring families.They fall hard and fast, struggling to describe just how much they like each other - she’s a saint he says, he’s a god according to her. They know their families hate each other but their love powers the play along, dragging everything and everyone behind it. This love impacts family, friends and the wider society of Verona. Learn how Shakespeare uses repetition like a rapper and find out how to sing those quotes to help you remember them. Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR More GCSE revision on Romeo & Juliet - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zykncwx
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