AS and A-Level English Literature - Shakespeare

Shakespeare

He that tries to recommend [Shakespeare] by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant ... who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen'

Dr Samuel Johnson

Shakespeare on the Interweb

There are literally hundred of sites devoted to Shakespeare

Shakespeare Online is a good place to start, as is

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet.

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is the story of a doomed love between a great soldier and a beautiful woman.

Antony is a successful Roman general who, according to his followers, has been reduced to a 'strumpet's fool' by his love for Cleopatra.

The play examines the conflict between love and duty as the two lovers in the early days of the Roman Empire.

Othello

Othello is the story of a doomed love between a great soldier and a beautiful woman.

Othello, a successful black general in the pay of the city of Venice, has married Desdemona against the wishes of her father. More importantly he has offended the villainous Iago by not promoting him.

Iago hatches a plot to destroy Othello by exploiting his insecurity and his jealousy.