Abstract: This study is conducted to explore the artistic values of William Shakespeares most well-known play: Romeo and Juliet and for indicating all the possible sides of the play including characters, setting, plot summary, historical background, themes and other literary figures perspectives about the play critically. Romeo and Juliet has been praised as one of the interesting plays of William Shakespeare not only in English Literature, but worldwide. All the elements of a play has been used scholarly by William Shakespeare. As Connolly (2000) mentioned that “Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet early in his career, between 1594-1595, around the same time as the comedies Loves Labours Lost and A Midsummer Nights Dream. Scholars often group these plays together because they explore the themes of love, courtship, and marriage.”