Romeo and Juliet is an extremely well known text that is written by Shakespeare. That is done in many freshman classes across the United States. Romeo and Juliet is a classic tragic love story, that of course ends with the death of both the main characters.
I think it is important for the students to read any piece of work that is by Shakespeare, because the complex language that isn't spoken anymore. This type of language gives the students a whole new insight to what writing was like hundreds and hundreds of years ago. Shakespeare can give the students a good grasp on how to decipher a text for the true meaning, because his writing is similar to a word problem. It has to be solved before you can understand the true meaning of what he was trying to say.
The characters in Romeo and Juliet are complex and hard to pin down to one characteristic. This is why a character activity would work really well for this story. Also, because Shakespeare is written in a complex way it would be a good learning experience for the students to do a discussion on some higher level thinking questions. One of the higher level questions that the students like the most could possibly turn into a paper assignment. This would make a good paper, because there are lots of opinions on most of Shakespeare's stories and especially Romeo and Juliet, because it is so well known.
How could someone read Romeo and Juliet and not want to watch Leonardo DiCaprio play Romeo, in the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet. This is a good opportunity for the students to watch the ending of the 1996 version and then to compare the ending of the movie to the ending within the text. This will give the students an opportunity to grow their ability to analyze multimedia and text at a higher level.
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