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Hamlet
Paperback
Series: Silly Shakespeare for Students, Book 4
English as a Second LanguageShakespeare
ISBN13: 9781956159707
Publisher: Alphabet Publishing
Published: Oct 15 2024
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Silly Shakespeare for Students edition of the bard's most famous play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, simplifies the language of the play without sacrificing the power of the play! This adaptation is perfect for introducing students to Shakespeare or helping students practice speaking and oracy skills while grappling with the classics. The powerful dynamics are still here: Hamlet struggles with his own uncertainty as he seeks justice and retribution for his father's death. Ophelia suffers as her once-lover spurns her whether to protect or out of pure madness.
Claudius and Gertrude ponder their own guilt. Laertes' own quest for revenge parallels Hamlet's!
Author Paul Leonard Murray, director of the Belgrade English Language Theater, has cut the play down to an hour or so and made the language more accessible. The rhyming couplets keep it light and drive the action forward. Clever and irreverent jokes will delight the reader and answer the question: Was Hamlet originally intended to be a comedy?
Hamlet is Shakespeare's most famous play for a reason. King Hamlet dies and his son, Hamlet, is reeling from the death of his father. What's worse, his mother, Gertrude, has recently gotten remarried. To his uncle, Claudius! When the king's ghost informs Prince Hamlet that Claudius in fact murdered him to take the throne and his wife, Hamlet is placed in a difficult situation. Can he muster himself to take action? To murder his own uncle? As the king and queen bring friends to spy on the troubled prince, Hamlet questions everyone's loyalty. He even spurns his lover, Ophelia and the chaos around him begins to resemble the turmoil within!
The book also includes: ideas for the playing style, a summary of the play, discussion of the history of the tragedy and key themes as well as why it persists. Everything you need is here to teach and put on the play, even if you've never done drama in class before!
Looking for something different for drama club, student theater, or speaking class? Want to spice up your literature or reading class and give students a new appreciation for Shakespeare? This is the book for you!
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