If you’d like to go deeper into the play, these are commonly recommended next steps:

• Read a full annotated edition (e.g. Arden, Folger, or No Fear Shakespeare’s side-by-side modern translation) to catch details this course couldn’t cover in full.
• Watch more than one film adaptation — comparing, for example, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version with Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 modern-dress version, is a great way to see how interpretation changes the same text.
• Read Arthur Brooke’s “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet” (1562), the narrative poem Shakespeare adapted the plot from, to see exactly what he changed and why.
• Explore Shakespeare’s other early tragedies and comedies from the same period, such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to see recurring themes and techniques.

This concludes the course — congratulations on completing a full study of Romeo and Juliet.