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Part I The Taming of the Shrew |
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Lesson 1 "Is It Your Will to Make a Stale of Me Amongst These Mates?" (Act 1, Scene 1) |
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3 | (2) |
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Lesson 2 "Have I Not in My Time Heard Lion Roar?" (Act 1, Scene 2) |
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5 | (4) |
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Lesson 3 "If You Strike Me, You Are No Gentleman" (Act 2, Scene 1) |
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9 | (4) |
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Lesson 4 Words Invented by Shakespeare (Act 3, Scene 1 and more) |
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13 | (2) |
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Lesson 5 "I Told You, I, He Was a Frantic Fool" (Act 3, Scene 2 and more) |
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15 | (2) |
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Lesson 6 "To Me She's Married, Not Unto My Clothes" (Act 3, Scene 2) |
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17 | (2) |
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Lesson 7 Wicked Shakespearean Insults (Act 4, Scene 1) |
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19 | (2) |
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Lesson 8 "My Falcon Now Is Sharp and Passing Empty" (Act 4, Scene 1) |
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21 | (4) |
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Lesson 9 "She Will Be Pleased; Then Wherefore Should I Doubt?" (Act 4, Scene 4) |
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25 | (4) |
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Lesson 10 "Better Once Than Never, for Never Too Late" (Act 5, Scene 1) |
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29 | (6) |
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Part II The Merchant of Venice |
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Lesson 11 "A Stage, Where Every Man Must Play a Part" (Act 1, Scene 1) |
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35 | (2) |
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Lesson 12 The "Pound of Flesh" Bond (Act 1, Scene 3) |
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37 | (2) |
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Lesson 13 "And Say There Is Much Kindness in the Jew" (Act 1, Scene 3) |
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39 | (2) |
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Lesson 14 "That Is the Very Defect of the Matter Sir" (Act 2, Scene 2) |
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41 | (2) |
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Lesson 15 "Hie Thee, Gentle Jew" (Act 2, Scene 5) |
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43 | (4) |
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Lesson 16 "I Have a Father, You a Daughter, Lost" (Act 2, Scene 5) |
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47 | (2) |
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Lesson 17 "All That Glisters Is Not Gold" (Act 2, Scene 7) |
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49 | (2) |
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Lesson 18 "If You Prick Us Do We Not Bleed?" (Act 3, Scene 1) |
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51 | (2) |
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Lesson 19 "It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain from Heaven" (Act 4, Scene 1) |
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53 | (4) |
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Lesson 20 The Dark Comedy in a Nutshell (Act 4, Scene 1 and more) |
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57 | (6) |
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Part III Romeo and Juliet |
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Lesson 21 Beginning of Trouble (Act 1 Prologue) |
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63 | (4) |
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Lesson 22 Before Meeting "The One" (Act 1, Scenes 1 & 3) |
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67 | (2) |
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Lesson 23 Love at First Sight (Act 1, Scene 5) |
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69 | (4) |
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Lesson 24 A Very First Kiss (Act 1, Scene 5) |
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73 | (4) |
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Lesson 25 Replaying Juliet in the Balcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2) |
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77 | (4) |
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Lesson 26 Playing Hide and Seek (Act 2, Scene 5) |
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81 | (4) |
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Lesson 27 When Things Fall Apart (Scenes from Acts 2 & 3) |
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85 | (4) |
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Lesson 28 Breaking Someone's Heart Softly (Act 4, Scene 1) |
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89 | (4) |
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Lesson 29 Mourning Over Juliet's Dead Body (Act 4, Scene 5 & Act 5, Scene 3) |
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93 | (4) |
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Lesson 30 Is Tragedy Unavoidable? (Act 5, Scene 3) |
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97 | (4) |
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Lesson 31 The Witches' Riddles (Act 1, Scene 1) |
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101 | (4) |
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Lesson 32 Hailing Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 3) |
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105 | (4) |
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Lesson 33 "Unsex Me Here" (Act 1, Scene 5) |
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109 | (4) |
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Lesson 34 "Prithee, Peace: I Dare Do All That May Become a Man" (Act 1, Scene 7) |
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113 | (4) |
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Lesson 35 "No, This My Hand Will Rather the Multitudinous Seas Incarnadine" (Act 2, Scene 2) |
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117 | (4) |
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Lesson 36 "Sleep No More! Macbeth Does Murder Sleep" (Act 2, Scene 2) |
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121 | (4) |
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Lesson 37 Lady Macbeth's "Doubtful Joy" (Act 3, Scene 2 and more) |
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125 | (4) |
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Lesson 38 Foreshadowing Failure and Death (Act 4, Scene 1) |
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129 | (2) |
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Lesson 39 "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" (Act 5, Scene 5) |
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131 | (2) |
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Lesson 40 Macbeth as the Tragic Hero |
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133 | (4) |
Suggested Answers to Lessons 21--32 |
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137 | (10) |
Glossary |
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