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No Fear Shakespeare
2007·311 pages
No Fear Shakespeare offers side-by-side original text and modern English translations of Shakespeare's plays, with summaries, analyses, and themes to aid comprehension and study.
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No Fear Shakespeare offers side-by-side original text and modern English translations of Shakespeare's plays, with summaries, analyses, and themes to aid comprehension and study.
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Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Let's face it. Hearing people talk about Shakespeare can be pretty annoying. Particularly if you feel like you don't understand him. When people talk about which of Shakespeare's plays they like best, or what they thought of so-and-so's performance, they often treat Shakespeare like membership in some exc...
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Romance & sex
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Innuendo, references to romance and infidelity; fade-to-black intimate scenes in plays like Romeo and Juliet. Sexual Threats of coercion in select plot elements.
Violence & gore
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Graphic murders, stabbings, duels, and battles central to plots; examples include assassinations in Julius Caesar and Hamlet.
Profanity
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Period insults, curses, and strong language recurring in dialogues.
Substance use
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Occasional depictions of alcohol use in social or plot contexts.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Subtle subtext in some character relationships, not central.
Religious content
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References to God, fate, and Christian elements in dialogues and themes.
Magic & witchcraft
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Witches, prophecies, and magic in plays like Macbeth and The Tempest.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Themes of power, betrayal, monarchy, and political intrigue central to many plays.
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicides and ideation depicted, such as in Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Abuse & suffering
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Betrayal, familial abuse, murder, and societal suffering in narratives. Sexual Threats of coercion in select plot elements.
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