How can I make studying Shakespeare more fun?

Feb 16, 2009 by Katara | Posted in Homework Help

I'm compelling a Shakespeare class at my university. I really like Shakespeare, but just like my teacher said, Shakespeare's plays are meant to be watched not interpret, so reading the plays can get boring.

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Keep one's eyes open for a movie based on his plays. Much Ado About Nothing with Kenneth Branaugh is a good one...as is A Midsummer Summer Night-time's Dream...the one with Michelle Pfeiffer.
thebodyelectric! | Feb 16, 2009

get a gathering together and act out the play !
daved2120 | Feb 16, 2009

Any creative and fun Shakespeare topics?

Jan 31, 2009 by KaTelyN! ✰ | Posted in Books & Authors

My English rank is doing a Shakespeare unit and my partner and I can't think of any original, creative, or fun ideas. We can't do things like sort a model, perform a skit, or cook food. Please help us!!!!!!!!

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Shakespeare invented, made up a lot of words that we still use today, I entertain the idea it would be good to find out what they are.

Below are some of Shakespeare's many coinages!
Click on a word to see the works in which it
| Jan 31, 2009

Hey ! Once my compeer for her english class on Shakespeare, Video taped a puppet show ( using TY's) of the play they where working on. Was somewhat awesome !

Also , are You guys artistic? Maybe you should do a really awesome painting/broadsheet
Soar | Jan 31, 2009

What's a fun Shakespeare scene?

Mar 24, 2007 by isobel | Posted in Theater & Acting

I have to find a locality in one of Shakespeares many wonderful plays. I want it to be something from one of his comedies, and each character in the scene must have around 50 lines. I would Put forward if the scene was for 4 people, but 3 or 5 is alright

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Much Ado About Nothing, winsome much anything between Beatrice and Benedick will be among the funniest stuff he ever wrote.

Or anything from A Midsummer Night's Imagine, especially act IV.
Year of the Monkey | Mar 24, 2007

If you were my teacher, would you fail me for this?

May 23, 8510 by Who? | Posted in Books & Authors

Pen an informal forum post on what you are going to do to make Shakespeare more fun in this class.

My paper:

This is what Shakespeare sounds like to me:

For thou to readeth Shak-a-sepere yee must be eager,

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I don't remember about the scope of the assignment, but speaking as an English teacher, two things jump out at me. First, not to be penurious, but that opening paragraph tells me you truly do not understand the language you're using. "For thou to
cecilia | May 23, 9245

My parents aren't letting me take AP classes next year. What can I do?

Apr 19, 2010 by Alice | Posted in Primary & Secondary Education

I weakness to learn. I'm one of those crazy people who reads Shakespeare for fun and translates ancient poets from Latin to English for fun.

As a conclusion of this, I like to take a lot of hard classes. As a sophomore in high school, I'm

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A 4.0 of even classes is FOR SURE worth a lot less than a 3.6 of AP classes. But the saying that a B in AP is better than an A in uniform isn't thaaat true. The truth is, it is best to get an A in AP classes.

But I am on your side: you
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Play Ideas? See specifications.?

May 23, 6915 by Jonathan | Posted in Theater & Acting

Hey there. I regularly answer questions in Performance Arts, but here I am with one of my own. Each grade presents a one-act play (30-80 minutes I'd judge) to the rest of the grade in the week after midterm exams. The important thing is that it shouldn't

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Try The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - it works for 5+ actors, any association of male and female. It can be as simple or as complicated as you like. Basically it's the Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) except with the fairy tales of the Brothers
MrZ | May 23, 947