Whoever loved that loved not at first sight ... Christopher Marlowe

Romeo and Juliet, a very young man and a nearly fourteen year old girl, fall in love at first sight. They are caught up in an idealized, almost unreal, passionate love. They are in love with love. Love does strange things to people. The lovers in this play stumble into it, full of hope and innocence. But they learn a hard lesson: that hopes can be ruined and innocence can be destroyed, in part by the very people they trust the most.

Topics that will be covered in this unit:

• The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

• The Globe Theater

• The Elizabethan Times

• The Major characters in Romeo and Juliet

Student Requirements:

1. Student will read the entire play in class volunteering to play various parts

2. Students will take a test over each Act in the play. 

3. Students will write a short paper analyzing one theme in the play

Student Learnings

1. Utilize various modes of writing

2. Use elements of literature, other literature devices and personal experiences to analyze literature

3. Understand the impact of history on the arts

Links:

http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/ (Modern version of the movie)

http://tech-two.mit.edu/Shakespeare/Tragedy/romeoandjuliet/romeoandjuliet.html (Copy of the play)

http://www.mwsc.edu/~eng368/summer97/submit/7.24.97-11.59.12.html (Comparison with West Side Story)

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8029/ (Synopsis of the 1968 movie)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/6460/ (Tribute to the 1968 movie)

http://educ.queensu.ca/~qbell/update/tint/rj/ (Romeo and Juliet unit)

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/love-in-the-arts/romeo.html (Studyguide for Shakespeare)

http://www.angelfire.com/hi/romeoetjuliet/ (A unique student summary of the play)

http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/lambtales/LTROMEO.HTM (Summary of the play)

http://www.artslynx.org/dance/aromeo.htm (A Romeo and Juliet timeline)

http://www.onysd.wednet.edu/~g98s46/library/rjwss.html (Another Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story comparison)

http://www.onysd.wednet.edu/~g98s46/library/rjwss.html (Dictionary of Literary Terms)

http://www.romeoandjuliet.com/author/art1.html (Fun page on Romeo and Juliet)

http://www.geocities.com:0080/Hollywood/9251/sound68.html (Information on the 1968 movie soundtrack)

http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/romeoandjuliet/act1.html (Another play summary)