Romeo and Juliet

I thought it would be time now for me to start reading William Shakespeare's dramas. I remember I read a lot of William Shakespeare about 15 years ago in French but I can't remember what I read so now is the time to read it again, but in the original text.

Obviously I was foolish enough to believe that I would be able to understand the text... Oh boy was I wrong!!

The text is complex, the vocabulary is complex and not understanding one every two words makes the reading pretty difficult... It took me about half the book to get accustomed to the text, so when I arrived at around the middle of the play, I decided to start all over again from the beginning. The second time was a bit better as far as understanding is concerned but by then, I had unfortunately made an opinion...

I have been extremely disappointed in this play: I was expecting the magical, or at least powerful, love story and I was left with a boy getting enamored with the first blonde "rebound" girl passing, and some misunderstandings as a plot... The characters are as shallow as can be, which is disappointing knowing the aura of Romeo and Juliet… I guess I got caught up too much in the modern “interpretation” of the legend and expected too much.