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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- Romeo and Juliet
This page, part of a larger website on William Shakespeare, provides a general plot review of Romeo and Juliet, links to descriptions of important characters, and information on the history of the play. For example, Romeo and Juliet was one of the first Shakespeare plays to be pirated. Read more here.
- The Power and Passion of Love and Hate
This essay asserts that one of the most important reasons for Romeo and Juliet's success as a play is its structure. The author provides a scene-by-scene analysis to illustrate his points, showing how Shakespeare's knowledge of his characters and his audience gave him a foundation upon which to build his play. An extremely helpful piece for first-time readers of the play.
- Shakespeare's Sources
Romeo and Juliet may be one of William Shakespeare's greatest plays, but the idea for a story about two young lovers who must defy society to be together is far older than Shakespeare. In fact, the names "Romeo" and "Juliet" are actually the anglicized versions of the names from a 1530 story by Luigi da Porto. This brief essay, written by an undergraduate at Towson University, details several earlier incarnations of the Romeo and Juliet story.
- Italy's City-States
The Italy in which Romeo and Juliet lived was not a unified nation as it is today. Then, Italy was actually a collection of individual city-states whose constant warring created an extremely unstable political climate. That instability was not helped by the numerous vendettas, or blood feuds, that existed between the families of individual cities. Learn more about the political situation of pre-Renaissance Italy at this Canadian University's website.
- Setting: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet takes place over the span of just four days? Written by an undergraduate at Towson University, this brief essay on the importance of time and place in Romeo and Juliet is full of interesting ideas about how the play's setting influences its action.
- Romeo and Juliet
Need a copy of the Bard's most famous love story? Bartleby.com offers an online copy of Romeo and Juliet from The Oxford Shakespeare. From the opening scene through the tragic death of the young lovers, read Shakespeare's sad tale of forbidden love.
- Romeo and Juliet - Time Line
A British online education company provides this webpage, a day-by-day breakdown of the action in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The page is part of a larger unit on the play and is helpful for students looking to get the details of what happens in Verona straight before proceeding further with their studies.
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