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\nThe characters in Romeo and Juliet constantly talk about death. And modern readers usually pick up on how this talk of death is wielded as a threat, foreshadows the end of the play, and allows younger teenagers to be overdramatic. What...\nThe characters in Romeo and Juliet constantly talk about death. And modern readers usually pick up on how this talk of death is wielded as a threat, foreshadows the end of the play, and allows younger teenagers to be overdramatic. What modern readers usually don't pick up on is how, in Shakespeare's time, \"death\" and words like it were euphemisms for... dirty talk.\n
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2023
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romeo and juliet, death, love, hate, poison
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