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The Romeo-Juliet love story is a wonderful piece of literature that captured the hearts of millions because of the dramatic turn of events in its climax. It is the ill-will between the families of Romeo and Juliet that comes in the way of true love between the two.Meaningless encounters, unnecessary quarrels and fierce fights take the family feud further, killing members of both the Capulets and Montagues. Romeo gets involved in one such murder and runs for cover. Friar Laurence, a priest of the Franciscan Order, tries to help Romeo marry Juliet in the hope that it might put an end to the animosity between the two families. Though Romeo and Juliet's love for each other ends on a tragic note, it brings the Capulet and Montague families together ending their enmity.

The story of Macbeth revolves around the prophecy of three witches that changes the destiny of this brave warrior by making him ambitious in his goals towards attaining power. After much dilemma, and the constant persuasion of his wife, he kills Duncan, the King of Scotland, in his sleep in a cowardly act. His hands are soaked in blood and he is constantly haunted by the murderous crime. Find out if the witches' prophecy stands true till the end, and how Duncan's son Malcolm avenges the king's death.

Twelfth Night or As You Will is a tale of love, trickery and mistaken identities. A young noble woman, Viola is shipwrecked in a violent storm off the coast of Illyria. Separated from her twin brother Sebastian Viola disguises herself as a boy and assumes the name of Cesario. She becomes a page boy in the service of Orsino, the Duke who is madly in love with Lady Olivia. Viola falls in love with the Duke and Lady Olivia falls in love with Viola disguised as Cesario. Complications arise and everyone is drawn into a hilarious confusion...

Antonio, a merchant in the city of Venice, decides to be a guarantor to his friend Bassanio who borrows 3,000 ducats from shylock, a greedy moneylender, to travel and meet his lady love Portia. Shylock seeks revenge for the comments Antonio has made about his greed in the past and lays a gruesome condition. Portia's father's will states she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets. Bassanio picks the correct one. Meanwhile Antonio loses his ships, and must give Shylock his pound of flesh. Disguised as a young man of law, Portia saves Antonio and the story ends on a happy note for him and the young lovers.

One of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies of love, vanity and relationships told in simple prose.King Lear's vanity blinds him and he banishes his beloved daughter Cordelia from his Kingdom. Goneril and Regan, his other daughters, between whom he has divided his country, have ungratefully turned him out of their houses. Meanwhile Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester tries to usurp his brother Edgar and ends up reaching for the crown.

The Tempest is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to be the last play written by him.The story begins with Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, being stranded for twelve years on an island. How Prospero uses magic to regain his lost dukedom and his lovely daughter a secure and happy future with the help of the spirit Ariel is the subject of this delightful story of right prevailing over might in the end.

Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati (1882-1921), is remembered for his simple but poignant, often fiery Tamil poetry which inspired a whole generation of Indians with its fearlessness and beauty.Passionately involved in the freedom movement, he longed for India