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Your geography lesson for today is (Google) mapping a route from Brest to Menton (France) and compare it to the route posted by OP.

I think autocorrect turned „within“ to “without” in your comment?

I’d be astonished if this hasn’t happened before.

I’d be even more astonished if that was the only piece inspired by Romeo & Juliet.

Also I would be totally floored if the story of Romeo & Juliet was inspired by an older predecessor or predecessors going back at least to Ancient Greece.

This thread is about the literary Romeo, not a specific actor.

Honestly, I think the play would gain if they added racism as additional reason for the enmity between the 2 families. I’d be astonished if this hasn’t happened before.

Probably some Northern Italians taking offense at the incorrect generalism about their skin tone?

They were. The place was called Italia before Romans set foot on British soil.

The place has been called Italia since at least 49BC

Not that the skin tone matters much but you’ve obviously never been to northern Italy.

You keep repeating the claim that Romeo was not of similar age as Juliet yet there is no evidence for it.

I took the time to google the claim and it’s bullshit.

One of the source materials of Shakespeare mentions his soft skin and lack of facial hair which would mean he’s younger than 15.

I would stick with the original play: Shakespeare died not mention his age but he is acting less mature than Juliet.

Do you have any source whatsoever backing your claim Shakespeares Romeo was not of similar age as Juliet?