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Shakespeare Made Easy
The "Shakespeare made Easy" series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. Shakespearean and Modern English face each other on the page, making it easier to comprehend the text. Through discussion of the life, work and theatre of Shakespeare, pupils can gain a more rounded understanding of these classic works. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Stam P.
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Shakespeare Made Easy
The "Shakespeare Made Easy" series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. It has the Shakespearean text and Modern English facing each other, so it is easier to comprehend. Through discussion of the life, work and theatre of Shakespeare the pupils can gain a more rounded understanding of these classic works. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Stam P.
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy)
Pages: 288, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Henry V (Shakespeare Made Easy)
Pages: 304, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Shakespeare Made Easy: King Lear
Pages: 320, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Shakespeare Made Easy
Aiming to take the fear out of Shakespeare, this series has Shakespearean and Modern English facing each other to help pupils find it easier to comprehend the text. Through a discussion of the life, work and theatre of Shakespeare the pupils can gain a more rounded understanding of these classic works. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Nelson Thornes
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Availability: refer to store website
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£8.50
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Shakespeare Made Easy
The "Shakespeare made Easy" series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. Shakespearean and Modern English face each other on the page, making it easier to comprehend the text. Through discussion of the life, work and theatre of Shakespeare, pupils can gain a more rounded understanding of these classic works. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Stam P.
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Availability: refer to store website
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£8.50
at countrybookshop.co.uk
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Shakespeare Made Easy
The "Shakespeare made Easy" series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. Shakespearean and Modern English face each other on the page, making it easier to comprehend the text. Through discussion of the life, work and theatre of Shakespeare, pupils can gain a more rounded understanding of these classic works. author: Shakespeare, William; publisher: Stam P.
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£8.50
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Othello (Shakespeare Made Easy)
Pages: 320, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Nelson Thornes Ltd A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Made Easy)
Pages: 224, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Nelson Thornes Ltd The Tempest (Shakespeare Made Easy)
Pages: 224, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Shakespeare Made Easy: Hamlet
Pages: 336, Paperback, Nelson Thornes Ltd
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy)
One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting Fair is foul, and foul is fair at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent. <p> However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his Vaulting ambition is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Shakespeare Made Easy: Merchant of Venice
Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Shylock's impassioned plea in the middle of <I>The Merchant of Venice</I> is one of its most dramatic moments. After the Holocaust, the play has become a battleground for those who argue that the play represents Shakespeare's ultimate statement against ignorance and anti-Semitism in favour of a liberal vision of tolerance and multiculturalism. Other critics have pointed out that the play is, after all, a comedy that ultimately pokes fun at a 16th-century Jew. In fact, the bare outline of the plot suggests that the play is far more complex than either of these characterisations. Bassanio, a feckless young Venetian, asks his wealthy friend, the merchant Antonio, for money to finance a trip to woo the beautiful Portia in Belmont. Reluctant to refuse his friend (to whom he professes intense love), Antonio borrows the money from the Jewish moneylender. If he reneges on the deal, Shylock jokingly demands a pound of his flesh. When all Antonio's ships are lost at sea, Shylock calls in his debt, and the love and laughter of the first scenes of the play threaten to give way to death and tragedy. The final climactic courtroom scene, complete with a cross-dressed Portia, a knife-wielding Shylock, and the debate on the quality of mercy is one of the great dramatic moments in Shakespeare. The controversial subject matter of the play ensures that it continues to repel, divide but also fascinate its many audiences. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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Nelson Thornes Ltd Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Made Easy)
One of Shakespeare's finest comedies, <I>Twelfth Night</I> was written at the same time as <I>Hamlet</I> and <I>Troilus and Cressida</I>, and whilst it shares their fascination with sex, death and confused identities, its exuberant comedy and linguistic inventiveness rises above the introspection of these plays. Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated in a storm, which washes them both up at different points on the shores of Illyria. Believing each other to be dead, both attempt to survive by using their wits. Viola cross-dresses and enters the service of the lovesick Orsino, in love with Olivia, an heiress in mourning for the loss of her brother. Orsino's saucy young page Cesario (Viola) soon falls in love with his master, who tells him, all is semblative a woman's part. Unfortunately, whilst Viola falls in love with Orsino, Olivia falls in love with her alter ego, Cesario, whilst also being pursued at the same time by her pompous servant Malvolio. Olivia's house is also turned upside down by the antics of her drunken uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and the whole crazy situation reaches boiling point when Sebastian reappears.<p>Despite the madcap plot, <I>Twelfth Night</I> remains one of Shakespeare's most complex and inventive comedies, fascinated with questions of cross-dressing, gender confusion, language and inversion, as well as retaining a darker edge to some of its laughter. --<I>Jerry Brotton</I>
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