W. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet tragedy

historical background

elizabethan era

the author

the theatre

the Globe

the tragedy

Romeo and juliet tragedy

themes

love

fate

eros/thanatos

characters

Capulets

juliet

Tybalt

the nurse

montegues

Romeo

Benvolio

Mercutio

Friar Laurence

Count Paris

The Prince of Verona

setting

Verona

Mantua

important elements

text analysis

The household

the ball

the balcony scene

two films about R&J

Franco Zeffirelli 1968

Luhrmann 1996