Where can i find good critiques of Romeo and Juliet???
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In the 800's in your local library.Cliff notes at your local bookstore. At www.shakespeare.com. Good Luck
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Try Lycos, or even webcrawler search engines. I can't remember the name of the article, but there used to be a collection of critical essays on Hamlet, one in particular dealt with the Ophelia and her insanity. Good luck.
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the sites below are very good. sparknotes should be your first stop with pinkmonkey being a backup. has helped me pass many an english class.
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try www.gradesaver.com www.sparknotes.com
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Try sparknotes.com you may be able to find an analysis of the play.\n\nPesonally, I sometimes need the extra help because I don't know what Shakespheare is talking about.
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http://www.shakespeare-literature.com/Macbeth/15.html\nhttp://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/914.html\nwww.thelandofmacbeth.com
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http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/dalloway/about.html\nhttp://classiclit.about.com/od/mrsdalloway/\n\nenjoy!
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do a yahoo search. i made one in case u can use it:\n\nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?fr=sbcfp-imp&tab=Images&p=romeo+and+juliet&btn=Search\n\njust copy and paste the link and put it in the address bar and it will take u there!!!  have fun
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go to http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/ and you will find the answer.  This play is explained - line by line - in every day language
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As a teacher myself, I know the importance of excellent resources and activities:\n\nI've found a book that will be an Excellent resource for teaching or directing Shakespeare. Great ideas for different teaching methodologies and plenty of across-the-curriculum activities. You, your colleagues, and your students will enjoy the clever means of incorporating math, science, art, journalism, music, social studies, physical education, and social issues into the study of Shakespeare. See the links: \nCLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, adaptable to grades 6-12\n\nDivide the class into 2-4 groups and have each group work up their own interpretation and performance of the same scene. All drama leaves room for interpretation, but Shakespeare leaves more than most, especially since the plays contain very little in the way of stage direction. Ask the students to add gestures or actions and make facial or physical responses to what the other characters say. A question that directors often ask is, "What inspires a character's first line?" For instance, consider the "Get thee to a nunnery" scene in Hamlet, Act III. Unbeknownst to Hamlet, his treacherous uncle and old Polonius are spying on him, and using his girlfriend Ophelia as bait. When Hamlet meets Ophelia (directly after his "To be or not to be" soliloquy), she is reading a book--presumably a devotional book, for his greeting to her is, "Nymph, in thy orisons (i.e., prayers) be all my sins remembered." At some point during the scene, Hamlet apparently realizes that he and Ophelia are not alone (his seemingly incongruous line, "Where is thy father?" indicates this). But when does he know this? In the Kenneth Branaugh movie, it's from the beginning; in the Ethan Hawke version, it's when he tries to kiss Ophelia and discovers that she's wired for sound. In the BBC version with Derek Jacobi (available on video, but very expensive to buy), Hamlet notices immediately that she in her distraction is carrying the book upside-down, and guesses that he's being set up. The "orizons" line is heavy irony, and their relationship goes downhill from there. Or, could it possible that Ophelia is giving him eye signals to indicate, "Dad's listening"? If so, what explains his apparent anger at her? A single gesture or facial expression, missing in the text, can point the scene in an entirely different direction. \nDivide the class in groups of 5 or 6 and ask each group to determine the time setting, overall design, costumes and music for the play they're studying. (Of course, this works best if you have artistic or musical students to contribute their ideas.) Comparing key scenes from Ethan Hawke's Hamlet with Kenneth Branaugh's or Mel Gibson's should give them an idea of the range of artistic interpretation. \nAs a class, determine movie or TV actors (or musicians--why not?) to fill the cast roster of a new production of the play you're studying. \nMake a list of contemporary movies that are based on Shakespeare plays, such as O and 10 Things I Hate About You. (Shakespeare-related websites might help in doing the research.) In small groups, students might compare the contemporary movie with the play, draw a contrasting characters chart, and make an oral presentation showing how the plots diverge. \nScript readings. This activity involves some prep time for the teacher, but I've found it to be worthwhile. Choose a Shakespeare scene that includes several characters, plus room for crowd reaction. Prepare a script for each character that consists only of his or her lines, plus cues (5-12 words from the previous speaker). Good scene choices include a. The assassination of Julius Caesar (III, 1, up to the entrance of Trebonius). Eleven speakers--be sure to provide each conspirator with a cardboard or plastic dagger! b. The "Pyramus and Thisbe" play from A Midsummer Night's Dream (V, 1, begi
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I think that they should be read. Granted, yes, some of the scenes are a bit "racy" but they are great works of literature. But they are accurate as far as human actions go (though Romeo and Juliet were just stupid in my opinion) Anyone who has not read any Shakespeare will be missing out. He was a uniquely clever genius of comedic relief, irony, and double meanings.
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Here's an analysis of it, and also a modern day English version.  I hope it helps.\n\nI like Shakespeare's work, but I understand how anyone can have difficulty with it.
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Try:\nhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/othello/index.html
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
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this sight has saved my grade countless times:\n\nwww.sparknotes.com
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OK try this, I'll keep adding if I find anything else  :)\nhttp://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/beech/RandJ%20TT.html\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/romeo_and_juliet/15.html\nThe second one here has an explanation for you.\n\nNo it was King Lear.\nhttp://www.rsc.org.uk/lear/teachers/bonds.html\n\nHere are some example of dutiful love.  Its a pdf file so just let it load.  I hope this helps.\n\nhttp://www.biblemaps.com/products/LegacySample.pdf
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try www.cliffsnotes.com or www.sparknotes.com.  They have free outlines and notes of classic literature novels.