York Notes is the UK's favourite, market-leading range of English Literature study guides. Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help students get right to the heart of the classic Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. You'll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages and characters; learn interesting facts about the text; and discover structures, patterns and themes that you may never have known existed.

York Notes offer an exciting and accessible key to your text, enabling you to develop your ideas and transform your studies. Romeo and Juliet will be one of two Shakespeare texts taught in all schools to all 600,000 KS3 pupils during the 2008/2009 school year.