The Tragedies
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Contains essays that provide plot summaries, character and theme analyses, and discussion of the historical contexts of the tragedies of William Shakespeare, including "Hamlet," "King Lear," "Othello," and others.
Four Great Tragedies
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A compilation of four of Shakespeare's tragedies, including textual notes.
Four Tragedies
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William Shakespeare ; edited by David Bevington ; David Scott Kastan, James Hammersmith, and Robert Kean Turner, associate editors ; with a foreword by Joseph Papp
No Fear Shakespeare
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's "Othello" side-by-side with a plain English translation, and includes character profiles, and commentary.
The Tragedies of William Shakespeare
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A compilation of Shakespeare's thirteen tragedies, including notes and a glossary.
Marxist Shakespeares
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Offers insights into the historical conditions within which Shakespeare's representations of class and gender emerged, and into Shakespeare's role in the global culture industry stretching from Hollywood to the Globe Theatre.
Bloom's How to Write about Shakespeare's Tragedies
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Offers advice on how to write and format a good essay, and identifies themes and strategies for writing about ten Shakespeare tragedies, each with sample topics.
Othello
This great tragedy confronts the mystery at the heart of evil and contains some of Shakespeare's most magnificent dramatic verse.Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending Othello to his own purposes, Iago persuades the Moor that Desdemona is unfaithful to him. Tormented in a hell of jealousy, Othello moves inexorably toward the destruction of his innocent wife and himself.Othello is played by Don Warrington, David Threlfall is Iago, Anne-Marie Duff is Desdemona, and Jasper Britton plays Cassio.
Othello
Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator's daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the horrifyingly envious villain Iago methodically to promote the "green-eyed monster" jealousy, until, in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history, the noble Moor destroys the woman he loves--only to discover too late that she was innocent.Each Edition Includes:• Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
Othello Made Easy
This interactive e-book edition of Shakespeare Made Easy: Othello allows you to move easily back and forth between Shakespeare's original text and the modern text of the play. By clicking on a character's name in the original text, you are taken to the same place in the modern text, and vice versa. The back-of-book exercises also contain links that take you directly to the lines in the play referenced in specific practice questions.
All the Queen's Men
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Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I and describes what England's government, society, and culture was like during her reign.
Queen Elizabeth I
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Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, discussing her childhood, education, family life, personal relationships, motivations, personal qualities, and the impact her reign had on the history of Britain.
1603
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Draws from firsthand accounts and original documents to examine the major events of 1603 in the history of Great Britian, discussing the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the rise of the Stuarts, the resurgence of the plague, witch hunts, the establishment of a new spice route, literary accomplishments, and other topics.
Elizabeth
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Chronicles the life of Britain's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, discussing, among other topics, her relationship with her half-sister, Mary I; her political dealings with Mary, Queen of Scots, and others; and her handling of religious reform in England.
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