CliffsComplete Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare, Sidney Lamb (Editor)

Overview

In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

CliffsComplete Romeo & Juliet offers insight and information into a work that's rich both dramatically and thematically. Every generation since Shakespeare's time has been able to identify with some romantic or thematic aspect of the play.

Discover what happens to these famous, star-crossed lovers and what causes the family feud between the Montagues and Capulets - and save valuable studying time - all at once. Enhance your reading of Romeo & Juliet with these additional features:

A summary and insightful commentary for each act

Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare

A look at Early Modern English intellect, religion, politics, and society

Coverage of Shakespeare's source and the play's performance history

A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters

Review questions, a quiz, discussion guide, and activity ideas

A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Web sites

Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764585746
Publisher:	Cliffs Notes Inc.
Publication date:	04/24/2000
Series:	CliffsComplete Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.37(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Sydney Lamb, Ph.D., is an American linguist and professor at Rice University, whose stratificational grammar is a significant alternative theory to Chomsky's transformational grammar. He has specialized in Neurocognitive Linguistics and a stratificational approach to language understanding.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

CliffsComplete Review.

CliffsComplete Resource Center.

CliffsComplete Reading Group Discussion Guide.

Index.