7th Grade Language Arts




William Shakespeare



Life and Times

Globe Theater

Complete Works

Timeline of Plays

Tragic Plays

Comedic Plays

Historic Plays

Romantic Plays

Famous Soliloquys

Poetic Meter






Life and Times


About.com: William Shakespeare Playright

University of Victoria: ShakespeareÕs Life and Times

Shakespeare Online: Biography

World of Literature: William Shakespeare

ShakespeareDirectory.Com

Terry A. Gray: ShakespeareÕs Life and Times

The Literature Network: William Shakespeare

Online Shakespeare: Contents

Surfing with the Bard

Encyclopedia Britanica Presents: Shakespeare...: Elizabethan and Early Stuart Literature

eNotes: All Shakespeare: A-Z Index

eNotes: Wiliam Shakespeare

eNotes: Wiliam Shakespeare at eNotes.Com

Elizabethan Age by Janis Tomacek

Shakespeare.Net

Absolute Shakespeare: Biography

Shakespeare Resource Center: An Encapsulated Biography

Yahoo Education: Oxford Shakespeare

WorldBook Online



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Complete Works of William Shakespeare


Open Source Shakespeare

Shakespeare Online

The Tech: Jeremy Hylton: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare

University of Sydney: James Matthew Farrow: The Works of the Bard

Terry A. Gray: ShakespeareÕs Works

Yahoo Search: The Complete Works of Shakespeare

eNotes.Com

Shakespeare Resource Center



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Shakespeare's Globe Theater


Encyclopedia Britannica: Shakespeare and the Globe

ENotes.Com: Globe Theater

Oriskany Central School: ShakespeareÕs Globe Theater

Shakespeare Resource Center: ShakespeareÕs Globe
(Index of Globe Theater)

Early Modern Literary Studies: Opening Day at ShakespeareÕs Globe by Steve Sohmer
(The Old)

The New Globe.Org
(The New)

Elizabethan Theater a Lecture by Hilda D. Speare

Clemson University Globe Virtual Tour
(Virtual Tour)

ShakespeareÕs Globe Online



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Timeline of Plays

Terry A. Gray: A Shakespeare Timeline Summary Chart

Absolute Shakespeare: Shakespeare Timeline

Shakespeare Resources: Timeline

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Timeline



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Tragic Plays

ShakespeareÕs Tragedy Plays

Online Shakespeare: The Plays: The Tragedies

Wikipedia: Shakespearean Tragedy

Wikipedia: Tragedy

Lit Wiki: Tragedy

Columbus State Community College: A. C. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy

Questia: Shakespearean Tragedy

Answers.Com: Shakespearean Tragedy



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Comedic Plays



Questia: Shakespearean Comedy

Answers.Com: Shakespearean Comedy

ShakespeareÕs Comedy Plays

Prism Net: A Comedy of Errors

Litpage: A Comedy of Errors

About.Com: Criticism on the Comedies of Shakespeare

Online Shakespeare: The Plays: The Comedies

Wikipedia: Shakspearean Comedies

Springfield High School: Elizabethan Period: ShakespeareÕs Comedies

Peter Leithart: Midsummer NightÕs Dream: Shakespearean Comedy



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Historic Plays



Wikipedia: Shakespearean Histories

ShakespeareÕs History Plays

St. MartinÕs College: Steve Longstaffe: What is the English History Play...?

SparkNotes: Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part 1: Study Guide-
Scroll down the page for ShakespeareÕs History Plays: Sources and Context

SparkNotes: Shakespeare: Richard II: The History Plays



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Romantic Plays



Questia.Com: Shakespeare Romances

Stanford University: Shakespearean Romances-
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California Polytechnic State University: English Department: Dr. D. B. Schwartz: ShakespeareÕs Four Final Plays

Novel Guide.Com: Theme Analysis: The WinterÕs Tale

University of Bristol: Dr. John McWilliams: Late Plays: Shakespeare and Jonson



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Famous Soliloquys



Answers.Com: Soliloquy

About.Com: Soliloquy Analysis

About.Com: Shakespeare Quotes

ShakespeareÕs Monologues

About.Com: HamletÕs Soliloquys

Shakespeare Online: Richard Laws: Dutiful Daughters Willfull Nieces: Empowerment of Women...

About.Com: MacBethÕs Soliloquys

About.Com: Quotations from Henry V

About.Com: Ouotations from Measure for Measure

About.Com: Quotations from Anthony and Cleopatra

About.Com: Quotations from Julius Caesar

Shakespeare Online: Quotations from A Comedy of Errors

Online Shakespeare: Famous Quotations



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Poetic Meter

So You Wanna.Com: So You Wanna Learn About Poetic Meter

ShakespeareÕs Sonnets (Poetry)

PoetsÕ Graves: William ShakespeareÕs Sonnets

PoetsÕ Graves: William Shakespeare: ArielÕs Song

Poets Graves: Glossary of Poetic Terms: S

The Poetry Tree: Poetic Meter in Poetry by Richard Moore

Purdue University: Online Writing Lab: Meter

Florida State University: Some Basics of Poetic Form in English Verse by Meegan Kennedy

Jed Hartman: T is for Trochee: ItÕs All in the Rhythm

Jed Hartman: R: Rhyme With Reason

McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center: Glossary of Poetic Terms



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