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Sunny Chan
Institute of Precision Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
September 11th, 2007
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Europe
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My Collage of Europe
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Who is he?
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Who is he?
• William Shakespeare
– 1564 – 1616 A.D.
• Interesting facts about Shakespeare
– The greatest writer/playwright of the English language
– Suspected that a group of playwrights produced works under the name of
William Shakespeare
– Nightmare for high school students, why?
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Who is he?
She speaks:
O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air.
I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
Thou art = you are
Thee = you
Thy = your
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Shakespeare’s works
• Famous plays
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Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet (王子復仇記)
A midsummer night’s dream (仲夏之夢)
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Most famous play
• Romeo and Juliet (羅密歐與朱麗葉)
– English version of 梁山伯與祝英台
• Montague and Capulet family
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Most famous play
• Modern remake of the classic in 1996
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Romeo and Juliet
• Did Romeo and Juliet really exist?
– Fictitious figures????
• Yes and No
– Yes, during Shakespeare’s time
– No, during our time
Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet!
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“Flashpoint” of Europe – Balkan Peninsula
Scandinavia
Baltic
Transylvania,
home of Dracula
Iberian
Balkan
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Sarajevo (薩拉熱窩 )
Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sarajevo (薩拉熱窩 )
• Very different from average European cities
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Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet
• In 1993, Bosnian War broke out as Yugoslavia disintegrated
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Serbs were killing Bosnians
Orthodox vs Muslim
Genocide of Bosnians by Serbs
Some 200,000 causalities
1941-2006, Miloseovic
“米洛舍维奇同志”
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Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet
• Bosko Brkic “Romeo” and Admira Ismic “Juliet”
– Both were 25 in 1993, been together for 9 years
– Lived in Sarajevo but wished to flee to Belgrade
• May 19th, 1993
– Intelligence said the Vrbanja bridge will be unguarded
– They walked out to the bridge…..
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Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet
• Bosko was shot by sniper fire immediately
• Admira was wounded, covered her arms over Bosko and died after 15
minutes
By American war journalist Mark H. Milenstein
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Story was spread world-wide
Buried side by side after the war
No one knows who shot Bosko in the first place
They became symbol for people who suffer in conflicts
– Montague and Capulet, Serbs vs Bosnians
• Tragic yet romantic
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Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet
薩拉熱窩的羅密歐與茱麗葉 - 鄭秀文 曲︰中島美雪 詞︰林振強
是對青春小情人 眼睛多麼閃又亮
像晴天留住夏天每度艷陽 笑也笑得善良
男士是個高高青年人 女的嬌小比月亮
二人都承諾在生每日共行 縱有戰火漫長
縱各有信仰 混亂大地上 戰鬥要把各樣民族劃開
他跟她始終從沒更改立場 永遠共勇敢的理想唱這歌
戀 情懷做依靠 沿途甜或酸 仍然互相緊靠
戀 從無要分宗教 無民族爭拗 常寧願一生至死都與你
戀 情懷做依靠 沿途甜或酸 仍然互相緊靠
戀 從無要分宗教 從無懼槍炮 常寧願一生至死都與你戀
但戰火封鎖危城 也蓋掩星星月亮 沒陽光唯共互牽拼命地逃
盼再見到艷陽 無奈在戰火中小情人 中槍雙雙倒地上
逝前她仍是讓他躺在懷 挽臂去找艷陽
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Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet
• Film “Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo” by John Zaritsky in 1994
– Emmy Awarded
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Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet
• Thank you
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