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Hamlet: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition
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Shakespeare everyone can understand—now in this new EXPANDED edition of HAMLET!
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
The expanded sections include:
Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play.
What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent?
Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behave as they do?
Study Questions: Questions that guide students as they study for a test or write a paper.
Quotes by Theme: Quotes organized by Shakespeare’s main themes, such as love, death, tyranny, honor, and fate.
Quotes by Character: Quotes organized by the play’s main characters, along with interpretations of their meaning.
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
The expanded sections include:
Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play.
What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent?
Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behave as they do?
Study Questions: Questions that guide students as they study for a test or write a paper.
Quotes by Theme: Quotes organized by Shakespeare’s main themes, such as love, death, tyranny, honor, and fate.
Quotes by Character: Quotes organized by the play’s main characters, along with interpretations of their meaning.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love Shakespeare! This play was so great! I wanna re-read it!!!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I don't consider myself qualified to review Shakespeare, and my rating is based primarily on modern enjoyment. The beginning was interesting and exciting but it slows in the middle. Hamlet, a man of motivation but little action, quite frankly does nothing throughout the play. His soliloquies are the heart and soul of the story.
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