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Background to the Play
Shakespeare Online has a brief and interesting introduction to the background souces that Shakespeare likely used in writing Romeo and Juliet, which, like most of his plays, is not his original story.
Study Guide Help
[a note for using study guides--SparkNotes and other summary sites are of course properly used after you've� read a section or the entire work independently.� My advice is for you to be cautious with these sites and try to stay away from them until after you've been able to think things through about the novel on your own.]
Absolute Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Study Guide is all you may need for study guide support.
Literary Criticism
You can use JSTOR to search for literary criticism, using the Newton South Library's username and password.