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title: Wider Reading Booklet for Romeo and Juliet | KS3 and KS4 Teaching Resource
description: A study booklet of wider reading articles to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet. Free to download English teaching resource.
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# [Wider Reading Booklet for Romeo and Juliet | KS3 and KS4 Teaching Resource](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/wider-reading-booklet-romeo-juliet)

 Written by [Douglas Wise](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/author/wise) | 26 March, 2020

Click on the link abovet o access a booklet of extracts to help students explore the context of Romeo and Juliet. Most of the articles are taken from the excellent British Library website. The booklet includes the following:

- An introduction to Shakespearean Tragedy
- Daughters in Shakespeare: dreams, duty and defiance
- Character analysis: *Romeo and Juliet* in Act 2, Scene 2 – Part 1
- Character analysis: *Romeo and Juliet* in Act 2, Scene 2 – Part 2
- The violence of *Romeo and Juliet*
- Juliet's eloquence
- *Romeo + Juliet* at 20: Baz Luhrmann's adaptation refuses to age
- Key moments from *Romeo and Juliet*

 

All extracts have been taken from the [British Library](https://www.bl.uk/works/macbeth), [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/uk)and [RSC](https://www.rsc.org.uk/) websites.

Similar booklets can be accessed below:

- [Macbeth](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/british-library-essay-extracts-on-macbeth)
- [Jekyll and Hyde](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/jekyll-hyde-wider-reading-booklet/)
- [An Inspector Calls](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/british-library-essay-extracts-inspector-calls/)
- [AQA Power and Conflict poems](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/aqa-power-conflict-reading-booklet/)

You can find all my [Romeo and Juliet teaching resources here.](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/english-teaching-resources/romeo-and-juliet)

Hope the stuff’s useful –

Doug

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