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Wider Reading Booklet for Romeo and Juliet | KS3 and KS4 Teaching Resource

Written by Douglas 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, Guardian and RSC websites.

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You can find all my Romeo and Juliet teaching resources here.

Hope the stuff’s useful –

Doug