Good online Shakespeare source:

[Michelle in MO]

It's from Washington State University's English department:

http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/shakespeare/


My girls are writing an essay for Omnibus on A Midsummer Night's Dream, and I was a bit disappointed with the depth of the discussions on this particular selection. It seems like Omnibus is moving a bit too quickly through the three Shakespeare plays, and one of the questions was on the role of imagination, story, and fiction in the play. My oldest was having a difficult time tying it all together, based upon the Omnibus discussion, and so was my middle girl. I gave her a slightly different assignment, because she was having trouble with the original assignment. Her assignment is now the character and role of Puck in the play.

This website appears to delve into the Shakespeare plays quite thoroughly---at least the printouts that I obtained for A Midsummer Night's Dream are a fairly thorough discussion of the play.

Anyway, this might be a useful resource for some of you who are studying Shakespeare with your kids!

[Gwen in TX]

We are headed into Julius Caesar with Omnibus I soon. This will help.

[Laura in OH]

Thank-you for posting this. We are starting our study of Shakespeare soon and I need all the help I can get :001_smile:

[HS mom]

Thanks for that; looks comprehensive.

We watched a PBS series: In Search Of Shakespeare. (http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/)

I thought it was interesting. It was a biography, offering intelligent speculation on different theories. They visited many places Shakespeare lived and visited, and more or less took you on a visit to his time in history.

[Michelle in MO]

It's so good to have all the help we can get! Someone could write a PhD dissertation on Shakespeare and not even begin to cover everything about the man and his genius!

Glad to help!