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Just the Facts: Understanding Shakespeare (4 Pack)
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Everyone should be familiar with the timeless works of William Shakespeare. Now with Understanding Shakespeare, everyone can! This Tragedy Series brings four of Shakespeare’s greatest plays to life, with the skilled help of classically trained actors and internationally renowned Shakespearean scholars.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
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Our Price: $14.98
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Although Romeo and Juliet is based on the long-standing hatred between two families, it is a tale of star-crossed lovers and¯ is perhaps the greatest tragic love story in English literature.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Shakespeare: Othello
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Our Price: $14.98
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Othello presents the timeless battle of good versus evil. The sinister Iago is pitted against Othello, a man of honor. Yet Othello “loved not wisely, but too well,” perhaps is his tragic flaw.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Shakespeare: Hamlet
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Considered by many authorities as Shakespeare’s greatest play, Hamlet may also be the most representative character in all-dramatic literature. It’s a classic tragedy of a young prince torn by indecision.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Shakespeare: Macbeth
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Our Price: $14.98
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id you know that popular phrases sound and fury¯, primrose way, and the milk of human kindness,¯ are taken from MacBeth? Shakespeare's classic tragedy tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife.
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Just the Facts: Shakespeare in London
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The story of Shakespeare in London equals the finest of the works that brought him such fame. It will be enjoyed by all lovers of popular literature and particularly Renaissance England.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Literature (3 Pack)
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Our Price: $34.98
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The Just the Facts: Understanding Literature series presents an innovative, lively, and contemporary approach to understanding the basic elements of fiction, drama, and poetry and fostering an appreciation of literature. In each program, a young host and hostess guide viewers through the basic elements of each genre with colorful graphics and an informative narrative from English professors.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Literature: The Elements of Fiction
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Our Price: $14.98
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Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson -- these are just three of the renowned authors whose work is cited in The Elements of Fiction, which explores: Plot elements, character, conflict, flashback, foreshadowing, and more...
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Just the Facts: Understanding Literature: The Elements of Poetry
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Our Price: $14.98
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Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor -- these are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry.
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Just the Facts: Understanding Literature: The Elements of Drama
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Our Price: $14.98
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The wonderful world of drama comes alive in The Elements of Drama, as the young host and hostess take viewers on a journey through the works of such famous playwrights as William Shakespeare.
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