Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare's work. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare's language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard's...
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Betrayal and manipulation lie at the heart of William Shakespeare's Othello. Keep up with all the crosses and double--crosses of this tragic play with CliffsNotes on Othello. Character studies, plot summaries, and critical commentaries will help you form your own opinions about Iago's schemes, Othello's motives, and Desdemona's loyalty. Plus, this study guide delivers helpful background information about the life and times of Shakespeare to...
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One of Shakespeare's most famous but also enigmatic plays, for many years the story of Prospero's exile from his native Milan, and life with his daughter Miranda on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean, was seen as an autobiographical dramatisation of Shakespeare's departure from the London stage. The Epilogue, spoken by Prospero, claims that "now my charms are all o'erthrown", appeared to reflect Shakespeare's own renunciation of his...
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