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Timeline – Shakespeare’s Life and Times
A visual representation of the major events in Shakespeare’s Life and Elizabethan England.
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Romeo and Juliet Close Reading: The Tomb Scene
Look deeply at Romeo’s motivation in breaking into Juliet’s tomb and perform the scene.
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Early Modern English vs Modern English
This resource outlines the major differences between the English Shakespeare wrote and the English we speak today.
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Swear Like Shakespeare
Get your tongue around Shakespeare’s language with this simple insult generator.
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Macbeth in Context
Relevant historical context for the time when Shakespeare was writing Macbeth.
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Shakespeare’s Family Fun Facts
More details about the Shakespeare family, including ten facts you might find surprising.
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Shakespeare’s Interesting Idioms
Many of Shakespeare's expressions are still familiar to us today – we regularly speak Shakespeare without realising it.
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Shakespeare Family Tree
Introduce Shakespeare’s immediate family.