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    The Importance of Irony

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    The Winter's Tale: Character Analysis

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    The Winter’s Tale is a great example of a tragicomedy. The play’s rich, well-developed characters make this play a joy to read – almost like a fairy tale. Belo...
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    The Winter's Tale: A short summary

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    This is a great play to read by Shakespeare because it’s quite short, easy to understand and very entertaining. It is filled with lots of drama too: accusations of a love ...
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    Act 2, Scene 2: Wherefore art thou Romeo?

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    Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous for its lines of romantic sayings. Try to see if you can analyze what they mean in modern English. My lessons on Understanding Sh...
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    Romeo and Juliet: The star-crossed lovers and fate

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    Understanding Shakespeare, Part Two

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    Welcome to part two of Understanding Shakespeare! Hopefully you’ve read the introduction to Understanding Shakespeare (Part One). Now comes the trickier part – tran...
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    Shakespeare plays - comedies, tragedies, histories

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    The Origins of Elizabethan Theatre

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    Elizabethan theatre, or English Renaissance theatre, was derived from medieval theatre traditions. Many of these traditions involved mystery plays – plays that retold stor...
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    Elements of a tragic hero in literature

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    About the Elizabethan Era and the Four Humors

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    Romeo and Juliet: A quick re-cap

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    Okay, so there are tons of resources available on the Internet which examine this play. I’m going to attempt to take a different perspective and hopefully you, the reader,...
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    Popular Shakespeare films

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    If you don’t have the opportunity to see one of Shakespeare’s plays in real life, you can watch one of his many film adaptations available on DVD or VHS, or even on ...
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    The Biography of William Shakespeare

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    The Basics Birth: April 1564; raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Death: April 1616 Occupation: English poet and playwright Works: approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as...