In the following lessons, you will read and study the classic Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet
You will answer questions and learn about this Play’s key elements.
You will play game quizzes reviewing this play’s content.
You will complete a 3 minute timed quiz after each lesson.
Finally, you will complete a 30 minute timed quiz assessing your acquired learning for this course.
Play elements in a ‘nut-shell’…
Plot: love between two star-crossed teenagers impaired by two feuding Italian families
Setting: in the Italian city of Verona sometime during the 1300’s
Themes: love,passion, hate, violence, misfortune, adversity, strife
Major Characters
Romeo: an idealistic love-stricken Montague teenager and lover of Juliet Capulet
Juliet: an astute, strong-minded teenager and lover of Romeo Montague
Benvolio: Romeo’s cousin, pacifier and fun-loving friend
Mercutio: Romeo’s witty and capricious friend who lays a lethal curse upon the feuding Capulet and Montague families
Tybalt: Juliet’s abrasive and precipitous cousin and Romeo’s adversary
Lord Capulet: Juliet’s overbearing and presumptuous father, head of the Capulet family at odds with the Montagues
Lady Capulet: Juliet’s cold obsessive status-seeking mother, hateful of Romeo
Paris: Prince Escalus’ devoted youthful relative ineptly seeking the non-reciprocal love of Juliet
The Nurse: Juliet’s life-long lewd but innocuous nanny
Friar Lawrence: a sympathetic but scheming Franciscan priest whose futile attempt to aid Romeo and Juliet bring about their downfall
Prince Escalus: Verona’s political head incessantly seeking an end to the family feud between the Capulets and Montagues
Lord Montague: Romeo’s protective but ill-tempered father head of the Montague family at odds with the Capulets
Lady Montague: Romeo’s placid but ill-fated mother seeking a peaceful resolution to the family feuding
