ROMEO and JULIET

PRINCE Escalus
‘For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.’

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story, after all, William Shakespeare is remembered for his great tragic dramas and poetry. The play is set in the era of the late 1590s, however, there have been arguments if it was written in the early 1590s, yet, Shakespeare’s writing style counterfeits it. As the title suggests, it is indeed a story of two individuals Romeo and Juliet who belong to families which share a history. Well, a perfect setting for Cupid’s mischief. They weren’t spared by Cupid like their families. Romeo and Juliet is not just a romantic tragedy but it also talks about how time rules the proceedings of life.

Romeo is caught in the hatred when unintentionally he slays Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, yet, she believes in her love, blindly. Father Friar tries to protect this love but his actions pave the way for the tragedy.

JULIET
Snatching Romeo’s dagger
This is thy sheath;
Stabs herself
There rust, and let me die.
Falls on Romeo’s body and dies

Love lets you rationalize some actions which might have amazed you before.

Like many other novels, there is a pinch of tension being relieved i.e. happy ending, when both the families accept that their hatred was a root cause of all the mess in the state. They decide to carry forward anything but hatred.

Shakespeare's 'Out-topping knowledge’ is not easy to comprehend, yet I feel the play is quite explainable itself. 

Happy Reading!

MAN’s SEARCH FOR MEANING by VIKTOR E. FRANKL

Do you think your life is a mess?

We really don’t talk about such stuff in the Indian household, yet here we are in the Co-vid times, wondering, what our life would have been. Working back at home, the whole day, and no fresh breeze, don’t we feel like a bunch of prisoners? Well, the novel: MAN’s SEARCH FOR MEANING by VIKTOR E. FRANKL talks about the hard times experienced by millions of prisoners and not just that, this book is about his own experience in the concentration camp. Yes, he survived.

We all have our own struggles, but an explanation could help us serve ourselves better because, in the end, it is us, who need to survive and experience the different wonders of this life. Dr Frankl is a psychiatrist by profession and has gone through a lot yet claims his sufferings to be his strength in order to help others change their attitude towards their life.

Even in the dark times, the man must trust his fate like Dr. Frankl, who got saved from getting burnt in the chimneys many times. The book shares the reference from the story DEATH IN TEHERAN. The hard times are the sufferings we may or may not be able to avoid but we can change our attitude towards the happenings.

The book is about the horrific experiences which we might have been spared from; like the thought, cherish what you have for it might mean the world for the other. Looking back on the past and trying to motivate others and ourselves, the book also talks about the importance of Logotherapy. Although I must warn you, you would want to know more about his afterlife, but this part is gradually over-drawn by the Logotherapy session. Anyhow, Dr Frankl took care of the feedbacks which he had received earlier from his readers and tries to explain, vividly, his therapeutic doctrine.

Dr Frankl has very well explained the sufferings with his own story and also, a few examples in the second part which I must let you have on your own.

And, if I may, I would like to quote LOS ANGELES TIMES ‘If you read but one book this year, Dr Frankl’s book should be the one.’

Happy Reading!