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**Web Search—A Prelude to Romeo and Juliet**
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1. Romeo and Juliet are called “star-crossed lovers” in the Prologue to Act I. Check to see with whom you would be compatible: http://www.astrology-online.com/love.htm Write the sign and good qualities here:

2. The play Romeo and Juliet has been adapted into many other types of entertainment.
 * Look at: http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Romeo_and_Juliet_-_Adaptations/id/4718537
 * Scroll about one-third way down the page to the heading that reads:
 * 1) Romeo and Juliet: Encyclopedia II
 * 2) Romeo and Juliet Adaptations.
 * Write down at least three other types of entertainment adapted from the play Romeo and Juliet. (You might want to read about Romeo and Juliet Remixed that is a very, very modern version of the play.)

3. Go to: http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/guide Under Section 1, Reading Shakespeare's Plays “Unusual Word Arrangements” it explains why Shakespeare wrote the way he did. Why did he?

4. In the same place under poetry-- http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/guide Find the definitions for:
 * blank verse
 * iambic pentameter

5. Go to the Shakespeare timeline at: http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm Click on #2. Find out what happened during one of the years in red print at the left of the page. Write the year/s and what happened:

6. Go to:

Find one painting that you really like. Be certain to find one with "Romeo" as the second word on the list. List the artist and name of painting here. Briefly describe what it shows.

7. Go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/60secondshakespeare/themes_romeojuliet.shtml Write one of the headlines here: