RSC As You Like It Preview

Huck Finn first edition illustrations

Click here to see them all.

Women as Shakespeare's Men

Click here to read the New York Times article.

Hamlet according to "Big Hutch"

Approaches to Shakespeare 2013 Google Docs

Click here to access all of the Approaches to Shakespeare Google Docs.

The Beatles as Pyramus and Thisbe

Some fun Othello videos

The Piano Lesson webquest

40 Acres and a Mule
Wiki: 40 Acres and a Mule
Land and Freedom: 40 Acres and a Mule

Sharecropping
Wiki: Sharecropping
Digital History: Sharecropping
University of Illinois: About Sharecropping

Jim Crown
What Was Jim Crow?
The History of Jim Crow
Wiki: Jim Crow Laws
Louisiana Black Codes
Google: Jim Crow Images
Examples of Jim Crow Laws

Slave Raparations
Debate Continues Over Reparations for U.S. Slavery
Wiki: Reparations for Slavery

Slave Songs
Songs of Freedom
Coded Slave Songs

Parchman Farm
Wiki: Parchman Farm
The Mississiippi Blues Trail: Parchman Farm

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
Wiki: Booker T. Washington
Wiki: W.E.B. Du Bois

The Great Depression
The Great Depression: An African-American Perspective

Ghosts
Wiki: Ghost

Othello test review questions

Click here to view the Othello test review questions.

Models of stage reviews

To get an idea how you could write your review on As You Like It or Macbeth here are some review of other productions:

Macbeth, RSC, 2011 in The Telegraph
Macbeth, RSC, 2011 in The Guardian
As You Like It, RSC 2011 in The New York Times

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Slings and Arrows explains Macbeth's tomorrow speech:

Anthony Sher's Macbeth:

I won't play Mackers!

Shakespeare in Ashland

Click here for information and intinerary for Shakespeare in Ashland.

Julius Caesar journal #1

One page: What does the play have to say so far about...
politics
character (as in moral character)
the common people
trust (or mistrust)
ambition
conspiracy
something else?

(include 1-3 of your favorite lines from acts 1 or 2)
Click here to search for good lines.

Hamlet final project

Here are some helpful links for the final project:

Film reviews
Branagh's Hamlet reviewed in Variety
Branagh's Hamlet reviewed in The New York Times
Gibson's Hamlet reviewed in The New York Times
Gibson's Hamlet reviewed by Roger Ebert
Tennant's Hamlet reviewed in The Guardian
Tennant's Hamlet reviewed in The Telegraph
Tennant's Hamlet reviewed by the BBC

Stage/ acting history
A stage history of Hamlet from the Royal Shakespeare Company
"Hamlet" from theatrehistory.com
"Acting Hamlet" from theatrehistory.com
"All Sorts of Hamlets"

Click this link if you want to read some excerpts from a review of the OSF 2010 Hamlet.

Click this link if you want a copy of the Hamlet film comparison graphic.

"Slings and Arrows" explains Ophelia

Mariah Gale as Ophelia

Mariah Gale as Ophelia (part 2)

“To be or not to be” journal

This speech has been called the “most famous and most misinterpreted speech in all of literature."

Pick one or more of these questions for your journal:

Why do you think this speech is so famous?

What is Hamlet’s state of mind at the moment he delivers the speech?

What is he thinking about?

What is this speech about?

What’s your favorite line from the speech besides “to be or not to be”? Why?

Freewrite topics for Lord of the Flies journal #6

1. What does Golding wish for us to believe about the role of shame in a society?

2. What does Golding wish for us to believe about the effect of anonymity on the individual?

3. What does Golding wish for us to believe is the primary component of a civilized society?

4. What does William Golding wish for us to believe is the primary cause of the descent into savagery?

Hamlet FYI

Click here for background pages on Hamlet that I mentioned in class.