interesting they use romeo & juliet as the first example and attribute to marlowe. most of romeo & juliet is copied scene-for-scene from the english translatio

interesting they use romeo & juliet as the first example and attribute to marlowe. most of romeo & juliet is copied scene-for-scene from the english translation of an italian play by the same name. Most of the lines you remember from the play were added in shakespeare's version. In the example in this article, I'm getting chills from how much better the shakespeare line is vs the marlowe line he stole. If you read R&J side by side with its italian source, start with the 'if I profane' scene ('let lips do what hands do').