DEAR
JULIET
.
Verona
,
the
setting
of
Shakespeare's
Romeo
and
Juliet
,
is
steeped
in
the
legend
of
the
star
-
crossed
lovers
.
Not
____________________
are
there
hotels
named
after
the
pair
,
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there
are
a
motorcycle
racecourse
and
campground
too
.
The
local
tourist
office
will
show
you
where
you
can
find
their
family
homes
.
____________________
powerful
is
the
myth
that
these
sites
attract
two
million
visitors
a
year
.
But
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is
Juliet
who
gets
most
of
the
attention
these
days
.
Bizarrely
,
the
local
post
office
receives
about
5
,
000
letters
a
year
from
____________________
over
the
world
,
addressed
to
her
as
a
kind
of
international
agony
aunt
.
____________________
more
surprisingly
,
every
____________________
letter
will
receive
an
answer
.
Verona
has
fonded
a
voluntary
organisation
,
THE
JULIET
CLUB
,
to
reply
to
each
and
____________________
letter
personally
.
____________________
until
you
have
read
some
of
the
letters
,
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you
realise
how
deep
some
people's
need
is
to
pour
out
their
feelings
.
Many
of
the
problems
are
timeless
:
parental
opposition
to
teenage
love
,
and
the
trials
of
marriage
and
divorce
.
But
why
people
should
turn
to
Juliet
is
a
mystery
.
In
Shakespeare's
play
,
Juliet
,
in
love
with
Romeo
and
facing
an
arranged
marriage
,
fakes
her
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death
with
poison
.
Romeo
,
believing
she
is
really
dead
,
kills
____________________
at
her
side
.
She
wakes
up
and
stabs
herself
in
despair
at
the
sight
of
her
beloved
.
Is
this
really
the
kind
of
person
you
would
expect
good
advice
from
?
Maybe
not
but
the
myth
lives
on
-
____________________
just
in
Verona
____________________
on
the
Internet
too
-
where
you
can
view
some
of
the
letters
written
to
her
,
or
send
her
an
electronic
letter
____________________
,
____________________
you
be
feeling
lovesick
.
