Mrs.+Neff's+Period+6+Small+Group+English+9

Romeo and Juliet Research

We are going to extend our knowledge of //Romeo and Juliet //by completing a short research paper. Choose a topic that interests you. Below are topic suggestions  .  Once you select a topic, you may find that you will have to narrow the topic as you do research. Note that you must research the topic as it applies to Shakespeare's/Elizabethan times. Suggested Research Topics


 * Music
 * Fashion
 * Culinary Tastes and Methods
 * Fencing
 * Parties and Dancing
 * Social Class
 * Women
 * Marriage and Courtship
 * Education
 * Mythology/Astrology//(You could look up gods/goddesses and mythical beings—ex. Cupid, Diana, Queen Mab or you could focus on the importance of mythology and astrology) //
 * Religious beliefs of Elizabethan England //(Catholicism, Anglican Church, or Puritanism) //
 * Holidays //(ex. Lent, Lammas Eve, Twelfth Night, Pentecost) //
 * History of Italian feuds and vendettas/gangs
 * The Black Plague //<span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">(also known as the Bubonic Plague or Black Death) //
 * Elizabethan England Crime, Punishment, and Law