Resources
After searching around, we found fifteen quality resources that gave us much information on the subject of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and William Shakespeare. Please click on the links below to visit the website or look up the books in your local library.
1. Fox, Levi. Shakespeare's England. New York: Putnam, 1972. Print.
We chose this book because it describes the historical and political events, prominent people, way of life of poor and wealthy, and economic conditions of England during Shakespeare's lifetime.
2. http://www.william-shakespeare.info/
We chose this website as a resource because of all of the facts, quotes, plays, and poems that are about Shakespeare.
3. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
We chose this because it has a ton of different comedies, tragedies, and poetry written by William Shakespeare in addition to historical content from the period.
3. "William Shakespeare." article at http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/122
We chose this source because it has a bibliography and list of poetry and dramas done by Shakespeare.
4. http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323
This resource is excellent. It offers a complete biography of William Shakespeare's life, as well as a video with the condensed biography of William's life.
5. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html
This is a website that has a ton of cool Shakespeare quotes.
6.http://www.egs.edu/library/william-shakespeare/biography/
This is a good resource since it has a biography, bibliography, articles, quotes and more links.
7. http://www.oocities.org/timessquare/chamber/5187/table.htm
This resource contains an quick, easy to read, chart highlighting the differences between the two Romeo and Juliet movies from 1986 and 1998.
8. http://voices.yahoo.com/review-report-romeo-juliet-1968-1996-films-4270877.html
This is an interesting review done on the both the 1986 movie Romeo and Juliet, and the 1998 movie Romeo + Juliet. This review kind of bashes both of these movies, but explains what the directors didn't get across to the audience that they should have.
9. http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/locations/
On this website you can explore a map with different parts of the England that William Shakespeare grew up in and the place that he knew.
10. http://www.slideshare.net/esalona/shakespeares-language-4138776
This is a website that contains a power point that explains in-depth about Shakespeare's writing techniques and language.
11. http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Romeo-and-Juliet-177451.html
From this website we found fun trivia about Romeo and Juliet.
12. Schoenbaum, S. William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. New York: Oxford UP, 1977. Print.
This book is a good resource because it provided a biography full of facts and is packed full of all the information you would want to know.
13. Chute, Marchette. Shakespeare of London: With a Preface by Sir Ralph Richardson.London: Secker & Warburg, 1951. Print.
This source gives useful information and illustrations on acting, plays and the globe theatre in Shakespeare's time.
14. Dyer, Thomas Firminger Thiselton. Folklore of Shakespeare. N.p.: n.p., 1966. Print.
This book is a good resource because it provides us with an interesting topic.
15. Ashby, Ruth. Elizabethan England. New York: Benchmark, 1999. Print.
This book is a good resource because it gives us a good idea of what life was like in this era that Shakespeare lived in and from this we can see where inspiration from his plays sprung from.
1. Fox, Levi. Shakespeare's England. New York: Putnam, 1972. Print.
We chose this book because it describes the historical and political events, prominent people, way of life of poor and wealthy, and economic conditions of England during Shakespeare's lifetime.
2. http://www.william-shakespeare.info/
We chose this website as a resource because of all of the facts, quotes, plays, and poems that are about Shakespeare.
3. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
We chose this because it has a ton of different comedies, tragedies, and poetry written by William Shakespeare in addition to historical content from the period.
3. "William Shakespeare." article at http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/122
We chose this source because it has a bibliography and list of poetry and dramas done by Shakespeare.
4. http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323
This resource is excellent. It offers a complete biography of William Shakespeare's life, as well as a video with the condensed biography of William's life.
5. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html
This is a website that has a ton of cool Shakespeare quotes.
6.http://www.egs.edu/library/william-shakespeare/biography/
This is a good resource since it has a biography, bibliography, articles, quotes and more links.
7. http://www.oocities.org/timessquare/chamber/5187/table.htm
This resource contains an quick, easy to read, chart highlighting the differences between the two Romeo and Juliet movies from 1986 and 1998.
8. http://voices.yahoo.com/review-report-romeo-juliet-1968-1996-films-4270877.html
This is an interesting review done on the both the 1986 movie Romeo and Juliet, and the 1998 movie Romeo + Juliet. This review kind of bashes both of these movies, but explains what the directors didn't get across to the audience that they should have.
9. http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/locations/
On this website you can explore a map with different parts of the England that William Shakespeare grew up in and the place that he knew.
10. http://www.slideshare.net/esalona/shakespeares-language-4138776
This is a website that contains a power point that explains in-depth about Shakespeare's writing techniques and language.
11. http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Romeo-and-Juliet-177451.html
From this website we found fun trivia about Romeo and Juliet.
12. Schoenbaum, S. William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. New York: Oxford UP, 1977. Print.
This book is a good resource because it provided a biography full of facts and is packed full of all the information you would want to know.
13. Chute, Marchette. Shakespeare of London: With a Preface by Sir Ralph Richardson.London: Secker & Warburg, 1951. Print.
This source gives useful information and illustrations on acting, plays and the globe theatre in Shakespeare's time.
14. Dyer, Thomas Firminger Thiselton. Folklore of Shakespeare. N.p.: n.p., 1966. Print.
This book is a good resource because it provides us with an interesting topic.
15. Ashby, Ruth. Elizabethan England. New York: Benchmark, 1999. Print.
This book is a good resource because it gives us a good idea of what life was like in this era that Shakespeare lived in and from this we can see where inspiration from his plays sprung from.