Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | Fiction literature | 20 January 2010
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The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult
Picoult is a writer of high energy and conviction who has, in her fifth novel, brought to life a cast of subtly drawn characters caught up in a tragedy as timeless and resonant as those of the Greeks or Shakespeare. That is not to say that Picoult is anything but accessible; in fact, this psychologically shrewd tale is as suspenseful as any best-selling legal thriller.
Helps students learn about family life in Shakespeare's world and works. This book looks at the classical and medieval background of family life in the Early Modern era. It also examines issues related to family life across a broad range of Shakespeare's works.
Good book when you prepare for a cultural section of any lesson at the given level. Students enjoy it. The teacher's factsheets and answers are added to the end of the file.
William Shakespeare is perhaps the most famous playwright of all time. Plays such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream are still performed now, nearly 400 years after his death.
Fascinating stories about Shakespeare’s life and his plays are brought to life in this invaluable Reader about one of the world’s great writers.
Added by: LiveLoveLearn | Karma: 522.07 | Fiction literature | 26 December 2009
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Pronouncing Shakespeare: The Globe Experiment
How did Shakespeare's plays sound when they were originally performed? How can we know, and could the original pronunciation ever be recreated? For three days in June 2004 Shakespeare's Globe presented their production of Romeo and Juliet in original, Shakespearian pronunciation. In an unusual.......
Much Ado About Nothing boasts one of Shakespeare's most delightful heroines, most dancing wordplay, and the endearing spectacle of intellectual and social self-importance bested by the desire to love and be loved in return. It offers both the dancing wit of the "merry war" between the sexes, and a sobering vision of the costs of that combat for both men and women. Shakespeare dramatizes a social world in all of its vibrant particulars, in which characters are shaped by the relations between social convention and individual choice.
