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Guest.
on 24th Apr 2008
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Item: William Shakespeare, Othello (Penguin Popular Classics)
I liked the story.
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The quality of mercy is not strained
on 30th Mar 2008
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Item: William Shakespeare, Richard III
William Shakespeare, Richard III review - Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, is not content with his current state of affairs and looks,as is shown in his famous introduction speech ("Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York"). Meanwhile, his brother George, the Duke of Gloucester, is being imprisoned by Richard and George's mutual brother Edward, the King of England because of a prophecy made to the king. While Richard can't change his looks, he murders ...
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The quality of mercy is not strained
on 22nd Feb 2008
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Item: William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
Though the basic plot of the play is good overall, I would not recommend this play for reading aloud to children. At the least, a person should be thirteen before reading the play. It would be worth discussing the fact that Shylock is somewhat of a victim after reading the play. It would also be good to point out that none of the main characters are perfect by the standards of Shakespeare's time. If you look closely, you can see that Antonio is gay and is in love with Bassanio. Bassanio is a ...
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Review by
drk
on 13th Feb 2008
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Item: William Shakespeare,Roma Gill, Macbeth (Oxford School Shakespeare S.)
Roma Gill has done an excellent job. The marginal notes are both informative and thought provoking. The layout is simple and functional with lots of space for students to jot down extra points. Scene Analyses and End of Act Analyses are missing. Mere notes are not enough at higher level. Essay type questions should be more exhaustive and maybe printed at the end of each scene / act. More annotation examples could be added. ...
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Review by
glamgirl
on 12th Dec 2007
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Item: William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Penguin Popular Classics)
William Shakespeare, Hamlet I think it's an ok book but needs to be improved on structure and also punctuation and sentences do not make sense to me. If it is to long people won't be bothered to read it and also it is boring so why would they read it in the first
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