A significant number of asexuals also identify as aromantic, which means that they do not experience romantic attraction. Separating romantic and sexual attraction is not strictly limited to asexual people, however. For instance, it is possible for someone to be an aromantic heterosexual, or any other combination.
Shakespeare got the story of Romeo and Juliet from a poem by Arthur Brooke called Romeus and Juliet. In Brooke's poem, the story takes place in Verona, Italy.
The novella's title is The Body. It was changed to Stand By Me for the film when the song was selected for the end-credits. The novella takes place in Castle Rock, Maine in 1960, the film takes place in Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959. There is more cursing and more foul language in the novella than in the film.