The Merchant of Venice @Web English Teacher - 0 views
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For introductory, background and other resources, try Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age. For links to other plays, try the Shakespeare Main Page.
Shakespeare series - 0 views
The American Scholar: Orson Welles on Reading Shakespeare Aloud - Paula Marantz Cohen - 0 views
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Young minds—in high school and college—need to feel personally connected, excited, and moved by what they read. They have a thirst for beauty, and will respond to poetry and prose that speaks to the human condition. To pitch too soon into a theoretical approach risks destroying this visceral connection.
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ascendancy of science, which has turned the study of literature into a scientific endeavor.
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eading Shakespeare aloud is key to appreciating his work.