Here, Romeo is telling Juliet he will not be Romeo Montague if it displeases her. This shows how passionate he is, as he is prepared to break away from his family and Christian name in order to be ...

Normally, parents chose their child's partner and this would be based on wealth, potential titles and family ties. Romeo and Juliet both decide who they are going to marry - this would have been ...

There are two ways of reading Romeo and Juliet, one of which is correct, in the sense that it is the way that Shakespeare meant it to be read and understood, and the other is incorrect ...