How you explore Romeo and Juliet on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 31 characters, 13 places, 13 objects and 11 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 44 passages of Romeo and Juliet sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as William Shakespeare wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on William Shakespeare instead.
The Romeo and Juliet feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Romeo and Juliet
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Two Households, One Feud
- A Melancholy Man Finds an Invitation
- A Look Across the Hall
- A Vow Made in the Dark
- Married in Secret
- Blood in the Street
- One Night, Then Exile
- A Desperate Plan
- A Wedding Becomes a Funeral
- The Wrong News Arrives First
The author's pen in Romeo and Juliet
The passages themselves, William Shakespeare's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Fearful Passagech. 1
- Biting My Thumbch. 2
- Tybalt Hates Peacech. 2
- The Prince's Sentencech. 2
- Brawling Love Loving Hatech. 2
- Capulet Defers Juliet's Marriagech. 3
- Romeo Reads the Letterch. 3
- Looking to Likech. 4
- Queen Mab and Dreamsch. 5
- Some Consequence in the Starsch. 5
- True Beauty Till This Nightch. 6
- Tybalt Names Romeoch. 6
- Pilgrims and Saintsch. 6
- My Only Love and Hatech. 6
- Juliet Is the Sunch. 9
- Doff Thy Namech. 9
- Juliet Names the Weddingch. 9
- Loving Jealous of His Libertych. 9
- Virtue and Vice in Naturech. 10
- To Turn Rancour To Lovech. 10
The characters of Romeo and Juliet
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Romeomajor
- Julietmajor
- Friar Lawrencemajor
- Nursemajor
- Mercutiomajor
- Tybaltmajor
- Benvoliomajor
- Capuletsupporting
- Lady Capuletsupporting
- Montaguesupporting
- Lady Montaguesupporting
- Prince Escalussupporting
- Parissupporting
- Balthasarsupporting
- Friar Johnsupporting
- Apothecarysupporting
The locations in Romeo and Juliet
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Veronacity
- Verona Public Streetsstreet
- Capulet's Househouse
- Capulet's Hallhall
- Capulet's Gardengarden
- Juliet's Chamberbedchamber
- Gallery to Juliet's Chambergallery
- Friar Lawrence's Cellcell
- Mantuacity
- Capulet Monumentmonument
- Churchyardchurchyard
- Old Free-townjudgment place
- Sycamore Grovegrove
The core concepts in Romeo and Juliet
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Love versus inherited identity
- Private tenderness versus public violence
- Speed versus wisdom
- Youthful judgment versus adult authority
- Language versus reality
- Fate versus human choice
- Marriage versus death
The objects of note in Romeo and Juliet
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Swords and rapiers
- Masks
- Torch
- Capulet invitation list
- Juliet's ring
- Cords
- Friar Lawrence's herbs
- Sleeping potion
- Apothecary's vial
- Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo
- Paris's flowers
- Tomb tools
- Juliet's bridal clothes
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