Generally considered one of Shakespeares problem plays, Measure for Measure examines the ideas of sin and justice. Duke Vincentio turns Viennas rule over to the corrupt Angelo,...
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeares narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought...
Mad with jealousy, King Leontes of Sicilia orders his best friend Polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adultery. Sixteen years later, Perdita,...
Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeares problem play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play begins in the middle of the epic conflict, and counterpoints the...
Loves Labours Lost is an early comedy by William Shakespeare. The King of Navarre and his three friends take a vow of study and seclusion for three years, during which they are...
The Passionate Pilgrim was published by William Jaggard, later the publisher of Shakespeares First Folio. The first edition survives only in a single fragmentary copy; its date...
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Considered to be one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, the tragedy King Lear portrays some of the darkest aspects of human nature that can be found in literature. The helplessness...
Though it's titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the man himself appears only in five scenes in the entire play! However, such is his impact on the events that surrounded him that...
Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate brings the brother within the...