This is a classic tragedy written in the late sixteenth century set in Italy. It is one of the most often produced plays in the world to this day. The story centers around the love affair of two young people that are families (The Capulets and Montagues) that are sworn enemies and actively scuffling. The moral of the story is free yourself from emotions and let old wounds dry when it comes to love. These worksheets will explore scenes and meanings of sections of the work Romeo and Juliet.
Order Me Up – Fourteen parts of the play for you to arrange in sequence.
Death in Romeo and Juliet – The chaos really ensues in acts three and five.
Tragedy – This epic tragedy has some fatal flaws that defy logic, a bit.
The Balcony Scene – The classic scene is revisited and analyzed.
Romeo's Speech – We draw questions directly from the speech.
Yo, Juliet! – What if Romeo and Juliet were robots?
Juliet on the Balcony – Read the opening lines of Juliet's speech. Then answer the questions.
Acting Up – Fill in the chart by briefly describing the key scenes in each act.
Conflict in Romeo and Juliet – There are many physical conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, but each one also has an emotional or psychological subtext.
Old English in Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare's plays were written in Old English, which is a little different from English today.
The Quotables – Choose one of the famous lines from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The Main Idea – Write the main idea of the passage in your own words.
Friar Lawrence's First Soliloquy – Write a paragraph explaining what that theme is, and how it is developed through the action of the play.
Rosaline and Juliet – Why does Shakespeare introduce Romeo when he is in love with Rosaline?
Tell Us Your Thoughts – Based on both Romeo and Juliet's soliloquys, do you think their love is genuine? Why or why not?
Romeo and Juliet is a typical love story of a boy and girl who fall in love with each other but get separated because of hurdles created by society. It is a story of two young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belong to two completely different families, families that are different in both background and status. Romeo belongs to a moderate family of Montagues whereas Juliet belongs to an upper-class family called Capulets. The plot of the story begins when one of the authoritative individual's from a Capulet family arranges a ball to select a suitable candidate for Juliet's marriage. This ball becomes the reason for Romeo and Juliet's meeting. When Romeo heard about the ball, he went there with his friends and fell in love with the young beauty, Juliet.
Romeo was initially interested in another girl named Rosaline but he forgot her when he saw Juliet for the first time. The next day Romeo accepted his love for Juliet and they both decided to get married secretly. Romeo and Juliet's marriage caused rift between Romeo and Juliet's cousin which led to a horrific fight between the two. In this fight, Juliet's cousin Tybalt and Romeo's friend Mercutio lost their lives. Later, Romeo was thrown out of Verona for his act of killing Tybalt.
On the other hand, Juliet's father unaware of her secret marriage with Romeo arranged her wedding with a Count called Paris. This situation caused Friar Laurence (the witness of Romeo's and Juliet's wedding) to help Juliet. Laurence gave medicine to Juliet that showed that Juliet is dead. When the servant took the news of Juliet's death to Romeo, he decided to drink poison and died near her tomb. When Juliet got back from her fake death, she got the news of Romeo's death. On hearing this news, Juliet stabbed and killed herself because her life was worthless without Romeo.