Class resources for reading & studying The Bard
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Texts for class:
Hamlet complete text Hamlet No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth complete text Macbeth No Fear Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet complete text Romeo and Juliet No Fear Shakespeare 
Click the image to see the complete works of William Shakespeare, that is everything he ever wrote.
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Some handy links:
Shakespeare Online -- best for paraphrasing and analysis Folger Library -- best for getting your academia on Open Source Shakespeare -- best for searching in individual texts Shakespearian Insult Generator -- best for insulting your friends Turn English into Shakespeare -- best for...well, I'm not sure, but it's kind of fun 
Click the image to access Sparknotes' very helpful and student friendly No Fear Shakespeare.
An amazing project aiming to capture all of Shakespeare's sonnets in film.
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Articles for class:
On the cursed play...thank you, Ms. Holbrook & daughter!
http://www.theaterseatstore.com/theater-superstitions-the-scottish-play
Shakespeare makes you smarter...
http://bigthink.com/how-to-think-like-shakespeare/this-is-your-brain-on-shakespeare
Some reasons Shakespeare is important...
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/whystudyshakespeare.html
One Director's Take on Shakespeare's Relevance & the Bible
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/10701368/Trevor-Nunn-Shakespeare-is-100-times-more-relevant-than-the-Bible.html
Faith in Shakespeare's Characters
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.in.shakespeares.characters/36238.htm
13 Words You Didn't Know...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/shakespeare-words_n_4590819.html
40 Words...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/words-you-didnt-realise-william-shakespeare-invented
Shakespeare and Teenagers
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/magazine/mag-27Riffsidebar-t.html
On whether or not Shakespeare is still relevant...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/on-the-bards-birthday-is-shakespeare-still-relevant/2012/04/23/gIQArx3ucT_blog.html
A little heavy, but another why do we read this...
http://utsa.edu/ovations/vol8/story/shakespeare.html
On the cursed play...thank you, Ms. Holbrook & daughter!
http://www.theaterseatstore.com/theater-superstitions-the-scottish-play
Shakespeare makes you smarter...
http://bigthink.com/how-to-think-like-shakespeare/this-is-your-brain-on-shakespeare
Some reasons Shakespeare is important...
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/whystudyshakespeare.html
One Director's Take on Shakespeare's Relevance & the Bible
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/10701368/Trevor-Nunn-Shakespeare-is-100-times-more-relevant-than-the-Bible.html
Faith in Shakespeare's Characters
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.in.shakespeares.characters/36238.htm
13 Words You Didn't Know...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/shakespeare-words_n_4590819.html
40 Words...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/words-you-didnt-realise-william-shakespeare-invented
Shakespeare and Teenagers
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/magazine/mag-27Riffsidebar-t.html
On whether or not Shakespeare is still relevant...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/on-the-bards-birthday-is-shakespeare-still-relevant/2012/04/23/gIQArx3ucT_blog.html
A little heavy, but another why do we read this...
http://utsa.edu/ovations/vol8/story/shakespeare.html
