![]() Very early in the novel, we are introduced to Julie's recurring dream-a dream that seems to foretell her own fate and to recapitulate the fate of Romeo and Guilietta centuries earlier. Did you find Umberto to be a sympathetic character? Why or why not?Ĥ. Although there are surprising revelations about all the characters in the novel, perhaps the most shocking has to do with Umberto, Aunt Rose's faithful butler. Why do you think Fortier introduces this element into her story?ģ. Discuss the ways in which the bonds of sisterhood-for good and for ill-are central to the novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Looking at the "original" story of Romeo and Giulietta set in 1340, consider in what ways Fortier uses Shakespeare's great tragedy as a model for her own work, and in what ways she departs from it.Ģ. In Anne Fortier's novel Juliet, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet casts a long shadow over the lives of the main characters, past and present. ![]()
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