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Wonderful William Shakespeare
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Much Ado About Nothing
by William ShakespeareTwo couples—Benedick and Beatrice, and Hero and Claudio—must overcome deception, gossip, and, occasionally, their own misplaced pride if their love is to persevere.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William ShakespeareYork Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William ShakespeareThis new edition of Much Ado About Nothing is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of Much Ado About Nothing, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and an enlarged selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.
Much Ado About Nothing (PDF)
by William ShakespeareThis edition of Much Ado About Nothing iis especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes, allowing students to master Shakespeare's work. About the Series: Newly redesigned and easier to read, each play in the Oxford School Shakespeare series includes the complete and unabridged text, detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays.
Otelo
by William ShakespeareOtelo, el moro de Venecia es la única entre las grandes tragedias de Shakespeare que transcurre en el ámbito doméstico; no hay reinados en peligro, ni se derroca al soberano. Se trata de un estudio de los celos en el que el amor, la lujuria y el odio ocasionan la muerte de los protagonistas. Otelo, llevado por las maquinaciones de Yago, es el elemento disruptor que instala el caos en una Venecia que simboliza la razón, la ley y el orden. La crítica ha descripto con acierto al protagonista de esta tragedia como la figura más romántica de todos los héroes de Shakespeare, por su vida aventurera y sus batallas en lugares exóticos. Otelo parece provenir de Las Mil y Una Noches, no posee la imaginación especulativa de Hamlet, pero demuestra ser, en sus soliloquios, el mayor poeta del universo shakespeariano.
Othello
by William ShakespeareTragedy by Shakespeare revolving around themes of racism, jealousy, and betrayal.
Othello
by William ShakespeareThis is our best-selling York Notes Advanced title. This book will be packed with features to help the students improve their grade. Talking extensively to teachers, examiners and students there seems to be a need for more information outside what the students already know. Features like check the book, check the film and check the net will now offer students more opportunity to develop their researching skills and provide that extra information. More importantly there will be features that address the specific needs of students studying for the new AS and A2 exams. There will now be text boxes in the margin labelled 'Context' which will describe the literary, historical, cultural, religious, or philisophical context of specific references in the text (contextualisation is the new buzz word in the exam syllabuses). There will be at least 20 of these boxes in every book. The glossaries are now integrated in the text so that students don't need to turn the page to find out the meaning of a word. There will also be regular exam questions integrated in the text which will help students revise. Summaries will be cut down and bulleted where appropriate to make way for extra features (meaning extent remains the same) so that the books are now not only appropriate for students who buy the book to cram, they are also important for higher-level students who need more information to get themselves the top grade.
Othello
by William ShakespeareOthello loves his wife Desdemona, and the two live happily—at first. A spurned suitor of Desdemona's and Iago, an ambitious officer under Othello's command, plan to tear the couple apart out of revenge for perceived slights suffered at their hands.
Oxford Reading Tree, Level 17, TreeTops Classics, Pack A
by William ShakespeareNo dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his "masculinity" by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters' prophecy and kill his king-and thus, seals his own doom. Fast-moving and bloody, this drama has the extraordinary energy that derives from a brilliant plot replete with treachery and murder, and from Shakespeare's compelling portrait of the ultimate battle between a mind and its own guilt. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 9-10 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Oxford School Shakespeare
by William ShakespeareOxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. In this edition of The Tempest, illustrations have been extended andupdated; the preliminary notes have been expanded; reading lists have been updated, and include websites; and the classroom notes have been brought in line with recent practice. The Tempest is a set text for 11-14 year olds in England and remains one of the most accessible and popular ofShakespeare's plays for secondary students the world over.
Oxford School Shakespeare
by William ShakespeareOxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials.
Oxford School Shakespeare
by William ShakespeareOxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Macbeth is one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.
Oxford School Shakespeare
by William ShakespeareThe Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters.
The Passionate Pilgrim
by William ShakespeareA collection of poems and sonnets attributed to William Shakespeare, including three that were written originally for Love's Labour's Lost.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
by William ShakespeareAfter Prince Pericles puzzles out a terrible secret about the king of Antioch, he flees the city and sets sail on his ship. His adventures bring him love and marriage, but his greatest tragedies and triumps lay ahead as he voyages home.
The Phoenix and the Turtle
by William ShakespeareShakespeare's telling of the funeral arrangements for the Phoenix and the Turtledove embodies the depth of their love and the tragedy of their deaths.
The Rape of Lucrece
by William ShakespeareWhen the king's son hears the chastity of one of his father's advisors praised, he sets out to sully her name, with tragic consequences.
El rey Lear
by William ShakespeareLa tragedia del Rey Lear fue escrita probablemente entre 1605 y 1606. Su protagonista es un anciano monarca que, antes de dividir el reino entre sus tres hijas, les pide que halaguen su vanidad. Mientras Regan y Goneril lo complacen, la tercera, Cordelia, rechaza obrar con hipocresía. Tal actitud desata la hybris del rey y lo lleva a destruir la felicidad de su familia, de sus súbditos y la suya propia. La historia secundaria, la del Duque de Gloucester y sus hijos Edmundo y Edgardo, pone en escena un conflicto similar al principal, Tanto Lear como Gloucester llegarán a la verdad sólo al término de una serie de padecimientos. Con un lenguaje coherente, poético y vital, los personajes de las obras de Shakespeare nos hablan desde lo más hondo de su situación existencial: ciegos de amor, consumiéndose de celos, agitados por la duda, devorados por la ambición y el remordimiento, debatiéndose entre el bien y el mal, ebrios de fanfarronería, y, lo que resulta más inquietante, sin ninguna finalidad moral.
Richard II
by William ShakespeareWhen King Richard II banishes two feuding noblemen from England, he sets into motion a series of events that will eventually cost him his crown and his life.