Book · 1597 · Classical Literature
Romeo and Juliet
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The plague is really what turns the most famous love story ever into a tragedy.
What they say about it
- Studied in school“we acted them out”2
The best things said about it
Romeo and Juliet is really helpful for us to understand.
Ada Palmer Dwarkesh Podcast · Mar 2026 Oh, willil thou leave me so unsatisfied? Juliet, what satisfaction thou have tonight? Romeo, the exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine.
Romeo and Juliet being a way that, you know, first of all, we acted them out.
Romeo and Juliet you may recall is from the Capulet family Romeo is a Montague they are in love but their families hate each other.
We also read Romeo and Juliet.
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How it comes up
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8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a timeless tragedy about two young lovers from feuding families whose deaths ultimately reconcile their households. Ada Palmer mentioned the play on the Dwarkesh Podcast to illustrate Renaissance-era dynamics of feuding factions and selfish leaders, while Sheehan Quirke cited it on Modern Wisdom to highlight sincere expressions of literary love. Sadie Stein discussed acting out the play in school on The Book Review, and Ben Bowlin touched on modern adaptations during an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Jim Shapiro brought up the work on Freakonomics Radio to analyze family dynamics and historical marriage markets, and Chris Williamson discussed it on Modern Wisdom while exploring Tyler Cowen's interview questions about pushing candidates to imagine alternate literary outcomes. Ben Cohen explored the role of the plague in turning the romance into a tragedy on EconTalk, and Katie Andrews shared her experience teaching the play with side-by-side Elizabethan and contemporary translations on Pod Save America.
Every mention
Ada Palmer This is where Romeo and Juliet is really helpful for us to understand. 1
Discussed
“This is where Romeo and Juliet is really helpful for us to understand.”
Ben Bowlin my wife just the other day went to u the Plaza theater where they were showing a version of Romeo and Juliet 1
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“my wife just the other day went to u the Plaza theater where they were showing a version of Romeo and Juliet”
Ben Cohen he baked the plague into romeo and juliet i mean the plague is really what turns the most famous love story… 1
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“he baked the plague into romeo and juliet i mean the plague is really what turns the most famous love story ever into a tragedy”
Chris Williamson Didn't you suggest or ask them to put another act onto the end of a book or see what would happen in Romeo… 1
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“Didn't you suggest or ask them to put another act onto the end of a book or see what would happen in Romeo and Juliet if something had changed? Those are good questions if that's what they know about.”
Jim Shapiro I'll take a play and follow this line of argument and Romeo and Juliet Juliet you may recall is from the Ca… 1
Discussed
“I'll take a play and follow this line of argument and Romeo and Juliet Juliet you may recall is from the Capulet family Romeo is a Montague they are in love but their families hate each other”
Katie Andrews and we also read Romeo and Juliet and I know you're going to say oh that's so tough yeah it's tough but I b… 1
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“and we also read Romeo and Juliet and I know you're going to say oh that's so tough yeah it's tough but I bought also with my own money a sidebyside version which means it has Elizabethan English on one side and regular contemporary English on the other side”
Sadie Stein especially Romeo and Juliet being a a way that, you know, first of all, we acted them out. 1
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“especially Romeo and Juliet being a a way that, you know, first of all, we acted them out.”
Sheehan Quirke Oh, willil thou leave me so unsatisfied? Juliet, what satisfaction thou have tonight? Romeo, the exchange o… 1
Discussed
“Oh, willil thou leave me so unsatisfied? Juliet, what satisfaction thou have tonight? Romeo, the exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine.”
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Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“And it's kind of like in Romeo and Juliet. Remember, the Capulets and the Montagues matters not who you are, but who you are not.”
Passing
“But it's like, hey, like you know how you watch Romeo and Juliet, you're like, if only they had known? You know, like what is this senseless meaningless try If only, right?”
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Passing
“And also he had just written this Romeo and Juliet letter to Bibi Netanyahu. I feel like that was kind of the plan”
Passing
“So, let me go through all 10 here. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.”
Passing
“do you think he ever did a oneman rendition like HL or Romeo Juliet”
Passing
“Yeah, and then there's another CIA historian who wrote a best-selling biography of Allen Dulles, called The Devil's Chessboard. He wrote a book about the involvement of the CIA in the assassinations, called Brothers. He's an historian named David Talbot; he was the founder of Salon.”
Passing
“so you could name your album like i always romeo and juliet i always wanted to name an album war and peace”
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“You could, for example, name an album 'Romeo and Juliet' or 'War and Peace.'”
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“so the tragic thing about north korea is not only just banning shakespeare like we don't even know what romeo and juliet is right our movies is never about love stories”
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“That's how Romeo and Juliet was to the one with um the one with Leonardo and you know I'm talking about did you notice that all the guns in there were super ill”
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“that's a is romeo-juliet I was reading yeah”
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“so and I love that man I'm a Romeo and Juliet er you know that but I think you guys for calling in this week madam will leave us out here”