Romeo and JulietStudy Guide & Essays
Home : Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet Study Guide & Essays

by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet was first published in quarto in 1597, and republished in a new edition only two years later. The second copy was used to created yet a third quarto in 1609, from which both the 1623 Quarto and First Folio are derived. The first quarto is generally considered a bad quarto, or an…

Romeo and Juliet study guide contains a biography of William Shakespeare, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

View all of the Study Guide...

View all Literature Essays...

View all of the E-Text...

View all of the Wikipedia entries...

Romeo is a fool!

I do NOT like this play.  I know, it's a love story and all that happy stuff, but Romeo is such an idiot that I cannot see him as any kind of hero.  The guy can't make any decision without running to Friar Lawrence.  He is too wimpy to simply stand up to his family and proclaim his love for Juliet and if they don't like it, too bad.  He and Juliet sneak around and end up killing themselves rather than fighting for their life together.  What dummies.  This relationship could be the one catalyst for a reconciliation between the Montagues and Capulets, but Romeo-the-wimp just can't make it happen. 

What are your thoughts?

Posted By coco s #17435 at Aug 21, 2007 11:19 AM in Romeo and Juliet || 10 replies

sex scene

they are all like us and you guys are just mad he gets some hahh

Posted By patsy s #86065 at Mar 26, 2009 10:17 AM in Romeo and Juliet || 0 replies

role models

To what extent were the adults in this play positive or negative role models for Romeo and Juliet?

Posted By kk c #58553 at Apr 28, 2008 9:56 PM in Romeo and Juliet || 2 replies

adolescent behavoir

I need to know how romeo and juliet portrayed adolescent behavior?  I also need quotes from the story to support my answer (using mla format). Thank you!!

Posted By loretta b #71169 at Dec 02, 2008 10:00 AM in Romeo and Juliet || 0 replies