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All Things Shakespeare: Courtship rituals:
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship and Sexuality through the Ages
http://dailylife.greenwood.com.ezproxy.lapl.org/dle.aspx?&k=3&x=GR3405&bc=DBDL1311&p=GR3405-176.
Encyclopedia of Death –Suicide:
http://dailylife.greenwood.com.ezproxy.lapl.org/dle.aspx?k=5&x=OX4263&bc=DBDL1311&p=OX42632482&tab=f&id=0&u=#hit.
Daily Life in Elizabethan England:
http://dailylife.greenwood.com.ezproxy.lapl.org/dle.aspx?k=2&bc=DBDL1311&x=8&p=1-1.
Daily Life in Renaissance Italy:
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Romeo and Juliet Articles
From Gale Literature resources (requires login with your LAPL library card)
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"Juliet."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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2. "Love and Lust in Romeo and Juliet."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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3. "Romeo and Death."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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4. "The Classic Pattern of Courtly Love Tragedy."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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5511944&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
5. "The First Tragedy: Romeo and Juliet."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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5512107&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
6. "The Historical Context of Romeo and Juliet."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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5513492&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
7. "They Stumble that Run Fast."EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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5510277&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0
8. Andrews, John F. "Falling in Love: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet." Classical, Renaissance, and Postmodernist Acts of
the Imagination: Essays Commemorating O. B. Hardison, Jr. Cranbury, N. J.: Associated University Presses, 1996. 177-194.
Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. Vol. 81. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr.
2010. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420063469&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
9. Bergeron, David M. "Sickness in Romeo and Juliet." CLA Journal 20.3 (Mar. 1977): 356-364. Rpt. in Shakespearean
Criticism. Ed. Michael L. LaBlanc. Vol. 76. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420063280&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
10. Farrell, Kirby. "Love, Death, and Patriarchy in Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare's Personality. Ed. Norman N. Holland,
Sidney Homan, and Bernard J. Paris. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. 86-102. Rpt. in Shakespearean
Criticism. Ed. Michael L. LaBlanc. Vol. 76. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420063281&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
11. Franson, J. Karl. "'Too soon marr'd': Juliet's Age as Symbol in Romeo and Juliet." Papers on Language & Literature 32.3
(Summer 1996): 244-262. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. Vol. 97. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Literature
Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420071382&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
12. Hays, Peter L. "The Dance of Love and Dance of Death in Romeo and Juliet." Dalhousie Review 51.4 (Winter 1971): 532538. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. Vol. 118. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6
Apr. 2010. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420088324&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
13. James, Max H. "Chastened Children: Family as Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet." Our House Is Hell': Shakespeare's Troubled
Families. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. 1-19. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michael L. LaBlanc. Vol. 73.
Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420048569&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
14. Knowles, Ronald. "Carnival and Death in Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare and Carnival: After Bakhtin. Ed. Ronald
Knowles. London: Macmillan, 1998. 36-60. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michael L. LaBlanc. Vol. 76. Detroit:
Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420063284&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
15. MacKenzie, Clayton G. "Love, Sex and Death in Romeo and Juliet." English Studies 88.1 (Feb. 2007): 22-42. Rpt. in
Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. Vol. 126. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420093690&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
16. Martin, Jennifer L. "Tights vs. Tattoos: Filmic Interpretations of Romeo and Juliet." English Journal 92.1 (Sept. 2002): 41-
46. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michael L. LaBlanc. Vol. 76. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center.
Web. 6 Apr. 2010. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420063279&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
17. Scott, Lindsey. "'Closed in a Dead Man's Tomb': Juliet, Space, and the Body in Franco Zeffirelli's and Baz Luhrmann's Films
of Romeo and Juliet." Literature Film Quarterly 36.2 (2008): 137-146. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee.
Vol. 126. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420093693&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
18. Watson, Robert N., and Stephen Dickey. "Wherefore Art Thou Tereu? Juliet and the Legacy of Rape." Renaissance
Quarterly. Ed. Robert N. Watson and Stephen Dickey. Vol. 58. 2005. 127-156. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed.
Michelle Lee. Vol. 118. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CH1420088329&v=2.1&u=lapl&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w
From JSTOR
1. Title: The Comic Structures of Tragic Endings: The Suicide Scenes in Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra
Author(s): Martha Tuck Rozett Source: Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer, 1985), pp. 152-164
Publisher(s): Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2871190
2. Title: Rhetoric and the Rehearsal of Death: The "Lamentations" Scene in Romeo and Juliet Author(s): Thomas Moisan
Source: Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Winter, 1983), pp. 389-404 Publisher(s): Folger Shakespeare Library in
association with George Washington University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2869856
3. Title: The Origins of the Legend of Romeo and Juliet in Italy
Author(s): Olin H. Moore Source: Speculum, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul., 1930), pp. 264-277
Publisher(s): Medieval Academy of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2848744
4. Title: "Standing to the Wall": The Pressures of Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet Author(s): Robert Appelbaum
Source: Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 251-272 Publisher(s): Folger Shakespeare Library in
association with George Washington University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2871016
5. Title: "Draw, if you be Men": Saviolo's Significance for Romeo and Juliet
Author(s): Joan Ozark Holmer Source: Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Summer, 1994), pp. 163-189
Publisher(s): Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2871216
6. Title: Response to Prejudice in "Romeo and Juliet," "The Merchant of Venice," and "King Lear" Author(s): Anthony
J. Lewis Source: The English Journal, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Apr., 1972), pp. 488-494
Publisher(s): National Council of Teachers of English Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/813555
7. Title: "Not Life, but Love in Death": Oxymoron at the Thematic Heart of "Romeo and Juliet"
Author(s): C. Webster Wheelock Source: The English Journal, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Feb., 1985), pp. 70-73
Publisher(s): National Council of Teachers of English Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/816274
8. Title: The Sources of Romeo and Juliet. Author(s): Arthur J. Roberts
Source: Modern Language Notes, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Feb., 1902), pp. 41-44 Publisher(s): The Johns Hopkins University Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2917639
9. Title: The Original "Romeo and Juliet" Author(s): John W. Cunliffe
Source: The Modern Language Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct., 1912), pp. 517-518
Publisher(s): Modern Humanities Research Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3713178
10. Title: Romeo and Juliet before Shakespeare Author(s): Jill L. Levenson
Source: Studies in Philology, Vol. 81, No. 3 (Summer, 1984), pp. 325-347
Publisher(s): University of North Carolina Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4174179
11. Title: "Romeo and Juliet": Living Is Being Relevant Author(s): Lauren W. Cohen Source: The English Journal, Vol. 59,
No. 9 (Dec., 1970), pp. 1263-1269 Publisher(s): National Council of Teachers of English Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/814155
12. Christianity and the Religion of Love in Romeo and Juliet by Paul N. Siegel Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 12,
No. 4 (Autumn, 1961), pp. 371-392 (article consists of 22 pages) Published by: Folger Shakespeare Library in
association with George Washington University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2867455.
ODP Master List of Online Sources (by subject)
Teen Suicide
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California Association of School Psychologists: article called Teen Suicide Life after Death examines the rise of teen suicide
pacts and their link to Romeo and Juliet.
Literary Analysis: Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by Jake Stewart article for Helium Arts and Literature
section.
Literary Analysis: Who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by Stella McIntyre article for Helium Arts and
Literature section.
Suicide during the Renaissance: article from Shakespeare Online
Focus Adolescent Services [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Resources and information on teen suicide, depression, personality
disorders and other issues affecting teens and their families.
I'll Stand by You [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - This is a site for teens and young adults who are suffering from depression,
suicidal thoughts and self injury. Get advice or come support others.
The Jason Foundation, Inc. [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides information about youth suicide and provides free educational
material for teachers / youth workers. JFI now has programs in 36 states and three foreign countries.
Kids in Trouble Help Page [ Teens ] - Helping kids and teens that are being abused, or runaways, or those thinking about
running away or suicide. Includes emergency phone numbers, and helpful links.
Let's Talk Facts About Teen Suicide [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Information from the American Psychiatric Association
explains signs and symptoms of teenage depression. Includes suicide risks, statistics, and what can be done. [PDF]
My Friend Is Talking About Suicide. What Should I Do? [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn some of the warning signs that a
person is considering suicide and what to do to help.
Nemours Foundation [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Explains depression and other risk factors that can create temporary or longterm feelings that death is the answer.
The Other Side of the Trigger [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Dealing with the thoughts and pain that lead to suicide, by one who's
been there.
Please Help Prevent Teen Suicide [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Early warning signs, coping, getting help, what to do, what NOT
to do.
The Preventative [ Teens ] - Offers suicide prevention information and articles.
Preventing Teen Suicide [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Some things you should know about preventing teen suicide, provided by
the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Suicidal Thoughts [ Mature Teens ] - Advice and information from a young person for teens suffering with depression and
thoughts of suicide. [Some graphic images.]
Suicide and Teens [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Help is available for teens who experience depression and thoughts of suicide.
Preventing suicide and surviving it.
Suicide Loss FAQs [ Mature Teens ] - Some frequently asked questions for suicide grievers.
Teen Line Online [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - This is a place to seek professional help for those who are contemplating suicide,
know someone who is, or is a survivor of a suicide victim.
Teen Suicide [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - An epidemic of the 90's. Warning sign, advice and other information.
Teen Suicide Help [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Help for suicidal teens, including links to other help sites.
With One Voice [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A powerful and moving musical drama and crisis program aimed at student,
professional, family and community audiences with the goal of diminishing suicide statistics.
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Depression and loneliness cause thousands of youth
who appear to be happy to scream silently in the deepest emotional pain. The YRSPP aims to help.
Youth Suicide Prevention Information [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - San Pedro, California site with information furnished by Los
Angeles Unified School District Student Health and Human Services Division.
Youth Suicide Prevention Program [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Dedicated to reducing youth suicide and suicidal behaviors in
Washington State. Promotes youth voice, youth-generated media messages, peer advocacy.
Youth Suicide Prevention Programs [ Mature Teens ] - A resource guide on the prevention of suicide.
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American Psychological Association HelpCenter - Warning Signs on-line brochure providing information on detecting a
tendency of violence and on controlling the anger driving it.
Animal Abuse and Youth Violence - Frank R. Ascione's report for the U.S. Department of Justice describing the psychiatric,
psychological and criminal research linking animal abuse to violence perpetrated by juveniles and adults. [PDF]
Break the Cycle - Empowering youth to end domestic violence.
Children, Adolescence and Violence - Psychologist Michael Fenichel presents information and resources for parents,
teachers, students, and counselors. Emphasis is on prevention, the "warning signs", causes, and effects of violence.
End Youth Violence - Youth violence prevention and education resources.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2002 - Executive Summary - This report provides detailed statistical information to
inform the United States on the current nature of crime in schools. This edition of Indicators contains the most recent
available data on school crime and safety drawn from a number of statistical series supported by the federal government.
The Realities and Issues Facing Today's Juveniles - Susan Magestro explores teen problems such as bullying, drug use,
school shooting, gangs, and family issues.
Report of the Surgeon General on Youth Violence - This report, ordered by Congress and the Clinton administration after the
Columbine High School shooting, examines the factors that lead young people to gravitate toward violence, reviews the
factors that protect youth from perpetrating violence and identifies effective research-based preventive strategies.
Violent Kids Information Site - A website for students, teachers and others who want to learn more about the psychological
characteristics of kids who kill.
Youth Indicators 1996 - A statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other elements that
comprise the world of young people. Where possible, long-term trend data are provided in a historical context for
interpretation. Source: National Center For Education Statistics (NCES). Available in both HTML and PDF format (2.4 M).
Youth Violence - Content from athealth.com reviewing youth violence and aggression.
Youth Violence Resources - Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help and
information about youth, teen and adolescent violence and bullying issues.
YouthWEB Online - Youngsters, teens and adults from diverse backgrounds fight against bias, bigotry and prejudice. People
can report hate-related incidents and get information about school violence, and human rights.
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Understanding arranged marriages as a literary device for Shakespeare: article by Geneda Miloy for Helium Arts and
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Love in Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare: article by Drew Price for Helium Arts and Literature section.
Love Matches and Arranged Marriages: A Chinese Replication Xu Xiaohe and Martin King Whyte Journal of Marriage and
Family, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Aug., 1990), pp. 709-722 Published by: National Council on Family Relations
Social Change, Premarital Nonfamily Experience, and Spouse Choice in an Arranged Marriage Society Dirgha J.
Ghimire, William G. Axinn, Scott T. Yabiku, Arland Thornton The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 111, No. 4 (Jan.,
2006), pp. 1181-1218 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3568706.
Marriage with the Proper Stranger: Arranged Marriage in Metropolitan Japan Kalman D. Applbaum Ethnology, Vol.
34, No. 1 (Winter, 1995), pp. 37-51 Published by: University of Pittsburgh- Of the Commonwealth System of Higher
Education Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3773862.
Love Match and Arranged Marriage in a Modernizing Nation: Mate Selection in Ankara, Turkey Greer Litton Fox
Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Feb., 1975), pp. 180-193 Published by: National Council on Family
Relations Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/351042.
Choice, Culture and the Politics of Belonging: The Emerging Law of Forced and Arranged Marriage Máiréad Enright
The Modern Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 3 (May, 2009), pp. 331-359 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the
Modern Law Review Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20533254.
The Tragic Wedding Richard Seaford The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 107, (1987), pp. 106-130 Published by: The
Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/630074.
Family Culture, Renaissance Culture Barbara B. Diefendorf Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Winter, 1987), pp.
661-681 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Renaissance Society of America Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2862447.
Coming of Age in Verona Coppélia Kahn Modern Language Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter, 1977-1978), pp. 5-22 Published
by: Modern Language Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3194631.
Cultural Patterning of Sexual Beliefs and Behavior Leigh Minturn, Martin Grosse and Santoah Haider Ethnology, Vol. 8,
No. 3 (Jul., 1969), pp. 301-318 Published by: University of Pittsburgh- Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Compensation Marriages in Modern Culture: Loks at the practice of using marriage to end family feuds or attone for crimes
committed by one party against another.
13. Forced marriage 'could be banned': article regarding potential UK ban on forced or family arranged marriages.
14. Actual text of Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act of 2007:
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=3391054.
15. Current Resources on Early or Forced Marriage from The Advocates for Human Rights:
http://www.stopvaw.org/Forced_and_Early_Marriage.html.
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