Includes a 'Chart Board' which visualizes all of Romeo and Juliet's themes and plot points on one page. Also includes:
Dramatica is an entirely new way of looking at story. Beyond simply a paradigm or sequence of cultural beats, Dramatica theorizes why stories exist and attempts to outline the processes and dramatic touch points needed to tell a successful and meaningful story. Dramatica - Romeo & Juliet reveals a comprehensive look at the Storyform for Romeo and Juliet. Unlike most of the analysis found here—which simply lists the unique individual story appreciations—this in-depth study details the actual encoding for each structural item.
This lecture on Romeo and Juliet tackles the issue of the spoiler-chorus, in an already-too-familiar play. This podcast is suitable for school and college students.
May need to sign onto Britannica through the Portal - Library - Encyclopaedias and then open the Romeo & Juliet Study Guide.
60 Second Recap boils down Romeo & Juliet into short little bites of energy.
Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy and girl commit suicide.
Who can resist a story like that? Evidently, no one. After all, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the world’s most popular melodrama.
Of course, there’s more to Romeo and Juliet than our snarky, one-line plot summary. There are great characters—passionate Romeo and naive Juliet, scheming Friar Lawrence, sarcastic Mercutio, hot-headed Tybalt. There are famous lines—“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
And there is the irresistible lure of love-against-all-odds. In Romeo and Juliet, the love of two young lovers must withstand the assaults of prejudice, bigotry, revenge—in short, just about every impulse known to civilization. Big stuff. Big story.
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This is a collection of public domain audio recordings of Romeo & Juliet.You can stream or download.
No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today.
This Penguin Romeo & Juliet Teacher's Guide is divided into several parts:
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Romeo and Juliet Comprehensive Storyform 2016, Screenplay Systems Incorporated, accessed 2 November 2016, <http://dramatica.com/analysis/romeo-and-juliet>.
‘Romeo & Juliet: Study Guide’ 2008, in Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed 2 November 2016, <http://media1.school.eb.com/learning-materials/studyguides/301/mainframes.html>.
Wright, B 2015, YOLO Juliet, Random House Australia, Sydney, NSW.