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Romeo and Juliet, in the popular Oxford School Shakespeare series, updated with a fresh new look.
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Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition of Romeo and Juliet includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes. Romeo and Juliet is a set text for KS3 in England, and remains one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An excellent book, far superior to the one supplied by school for GCSE study, it had all we needed to complete tasks set by the teacher. The school edition was such rubbish if I had the money I would buy a set of the Oxford School Shakespeare and donate it to the school in question.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being called Juliet, you can imagine I'm sure, this play was the bane of my school career compounded by the fact that it was on the GSCE syllabus for my year. But I admit, through gritted teeth, it is a wonderful play and a shame that most people only experience Shakespeare through the schoolroom these days.
It's a little melodramatic, but that is what audiences wanted. It's a tragedy and Shakespeare was quite brilliant at those. I still rate Hamlet more highly, but I was never teased with that!
Anyone who has experienced young or indeed forbidden love, family feuds, rival peer groups, or the struggle to do what the heart desires, will relate all the more to the characters and scenarios presented.
It can be difficult to read Shakespeare plays if you've not seen them performed or gained some experience. Don't let that put you off. Just remember that the lines are written to be performed and you don't need to pause at the end of each one!
I won't exactly quote, because believe me, after a lifetime of taunting I can. Nowadays when someone comes out with the inevitable "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks" I tend to say "'tis Juliet and she's lighting a molotov cocktail."
It's a little melodramatic, but that is what audiences wanted. It's a tragedy and Shakespeare was quite brilliant at those. I still rate Hamlet more highly, but I was never teased with that!
Anyone who has experienced young or indeed forbidden love, family feuds, rival peer groups, or the struggle to do what the heart desires, will relate all the more to the characters and scenarios presented.
It can be difficult to read Shakespeare plays if you've not seen them performed or gained some experience. Don't let that put you off. Just remember that the lines are written to be performed and you don't need to pause at the end of each one!
I won't exactly quote, because believe me, after a lifetime of taunting I can. Nowadays when someone comes out with the inevitable "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks" I tend to say "'tis Juliet and she's lighting a molotov cocktail."
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
great for gcse level. writing on the inside helped my with the words. very enjoyable and its helping me with my english gcse :)
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I think this book will very useful for use with Dutch exam students.The notes will be very useful in helping them to follow the text and explaining the background to the story.
Published 8 months ago by Julie
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I had bought this book for my daughter to do her previous school work, using for her to write on the works of William Shakespeare. Read more
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