Annotated Bibliography Analysis

Annotated Bibliography
Kunitz, Stanley, ed. "Shakespeare, William." Biography Reference Bank. The H.W. Wilson Company, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017 This source is an informative biography about William Shakespeare’s life. It does not go in depth on his life, but briefly touches on important things such as his birth place, children, wife, and plays. The original source of this biography is British Authors Before 1800 which is a biographical dictionary in print written by Stanley Kunitz. Kunitz is highly regarded graduate or Harvard University. The source that I obtained this biography from is an online database called Biography Reference Bank. The biography is very objective. It includes facts of Shakespeare’s life, and when including information
The author states that the star-crossed lovers come of age when they are faced with the challenge of whether customs or their relationship is more important. This source is an article that can be found in the Salem Press database online. The source gives insight as well as many examples on the coming of age themes in Shakespeare’s works including a large section specifically about Romeo and Juliet. The source seems high quality, and is packed with information. This source will allow me to explore more in depth about one theme of Romeo and Juliet and how Shakespeare develops the theme throughout the plot. I can include this information in my final research paper on Romeo and
Although it is estimated that Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in the 1590’s the teenage characters show a lot of similarities to the thoughts and attitudes that teenagers show still to this day. This source is a credible article found in the Literature Resource Center database. The author is a professor at University of Alberta in the english and film studies department. This article specifically will give me a lot of useful information. It gives insight into how Shakespeare creates a teenager essence into the characters that does not show up in many of his other works. This article shows how he uses language to create the character’s personalities. I will use this in my research of how Shakespeare uses language to create certain characteristics in the characters of his plays. This will help to explain how it helps in making the characters more personable, and makes the characters easy for the audience to relate