I have designed this project as a PBL (Project Based Learning) for my 9th grade students. This project asks students to not focus so much on the topics of "love," "fate," or "impulsivity," but rather focuses on conflict. My Romeo and Juliet unit is focused on character analysis, and through this project I ask students to come to understand how and why conflicts are created, how conflicts can be absolved, and how to handle conflict. This project also asks them to connect the conflicts within Rome