Revising Romeo and Juliet

Our GCSE revision guide for students studying Romeo and Juliet covers all the key acts, characters and themes with active revision strategies and practice exam questions and answers for all exam boards.

Perfect for independent study and remote learning, it includes a helpful overview of the play, an act by act summary of events and guidance on key quotations.

Revising Romeo and Juliet also helps to build students’ confidence and develop their understanding through self-checks, quizzes and a detailed exploration of character, setting, Shakespeare’s language and the play’s tragic structure.

What’s included?

• Covers key characters and themes (love, fate, family, death, conflict, roles of women) plus a summary of the play.
• Includes practice exam questions for all exam boards and suggested answers.
• Features active revision strategies to build students’ knowledge.

What’s inside?
Introduction (pages 3-4)
Plot summary (pages 5-7)
Overview: whole play revision activities (pages 8-17)

• Terminology – language and structure
• WYOO (What’s your opinion on …?)

Love revision activities (pages 18-28)

• Revision activity 1: Types of love
• Revision activity 2: A love timeline
• Revision activity 3: Stickman summary
• Revision activity 4: Structure (and language) analysis
• Love practice exam questions

Fate revision activities (pages 29-39)

• Revision activity 1: True or false
• Revision activity 2: Close analysis
• Revision activity 3: The Prince’s perspective
• Revision activity 4: The wheel of fortune
• Fate practice exam questions

Family revision activities (pages 40-50)

• Revision activity 1: Rules were meant for breaking?
• Revision activity 2: Surrogate parents
• Revision activity 3: All the married ladies (all the married ladies …)
• Revision activity 4: Exploding quotations
• Family practice exam questions

Conflict revision activities (pages 51-62)

• Revision activity 1: Types of conflict
• Revision activity 2: Ordering the fight scene
• Revision activity 3: Context and conflict
• Revision activity 4: Analysing Juliet’s inner conflict
• Conflict practice exam questions

Death revision activities (pages 63-75)

• Revision activity 1: The ‘extra’ deaths
• Revision activity 2: Understanding the key elements of tragedy
• Revision activity 3: Romeo’s imagery
• Revision activity 4: The families unite
• Death practice exam questions

Roles of women revision activities (pages 76-90)

• Revision activity 1: Juliet’s change
• Revision activity 2: What did Shakespeare think?
• Revision activity 3: Strong or weak?
• Revision activity 4: Close analysis
• Roles of women practice exam questions