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Romeo and JulietText Overview

We will read William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and related texts, and view two film adaptations of the play. The location of these texts is indicated in the Unit Text List.

Core

  • Tradebook
    • Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library, Simon and Schuster, 2004
  • Multimedia
    • Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann, Twentieth Century Fox, 1996
    • Romeo and Juliet, Franco Zeffirelli, Paramount Pictures, 1968
    • Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition, William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library, Simon and Schuster, 2014
  • Digital Access
    • “Why Do We Still Care About Shakespeare?,” Cindy Tumiel, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2013
    • “William Shakespeare: Legendary Wordsmith,” History Channel, 2016
  • Unit Reader
    • “The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe,” Ovid, Indiana University Press, 1955

Optional

  • Unit Reader
    • Excerpts from “Preface to Shakespeare,” Samuel Johnson, Jacob Tonson; Project Gutenberg, 1765

Text Icons

The following text icons are used in the Text pages:

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Tradebook Tradebook Texts

Multimedia Multimedia Texts

To find digital access texts on the Internet, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate the reference information for the text (text title, author, date of publication, and publisher) found on the Text page for a unit, section, or lesson.

  2. Highlight and copy the reference information.

  3. Paste the information into a search engine.

  4. The text will appear as one of the first search results.

  5. Verify the result by comparing the reference information on the website to the information on the Text page.