Romeo and Juliet: HISTORICAL CONTEXT - Shakespeare Simplified

So this is a brief historical analysis of Romeo and Juliet combined with my attempts to be somewhat humorous. It's designed simply as a jumping off point if the text itself scares you. Hopefully it'll make you laugh while you're here.

If you wanna see how I'm planning to handle the plays check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOelX...

Full play text here: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juli...

For modern English translation - No Fear Romeo and Juliet: https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/sha...

Sources:
- Cambridge Students Guide: Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: A reader's guide to essential criticism, Gillian Woods
- The Time Travellers Guide to Elizabethan England, Ian Mortimer

Music by the fantastic and generous J.Sayles: http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/ea...

Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow