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Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 4
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- SCENE IV Forres. The palace. Flourish. 1 Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, and Attendants. DUNCAN Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not Those in commission yet return&...
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Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 3
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- SCENE III A heath near Forres. Thunder. Enter the three Witches. First Witch Where hast thou been, sister? Second Witch Killing swine. Third Witch Sister, where thou? Fir...
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Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 2
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- SCENE II A camp near Forres. Alarum within. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, and Lennox, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant. 1 DUNCAN What bloody man is that? He ca...
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Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 1
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- Scene I A desert place. Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches. First Witch When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? Second Witch When the hurly...
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The Importance of Irony
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- <span style=”font-family:tahoma; font-size:24px; color:purple;”>Irony as an Interpretative Tool<span style=”font-family:tahoma; font-size:14px; color:...
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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 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...
