Class resources for reading & studying The Bard
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 |
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 |
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