For me this is a moot point as I don't believe in the banning of any books.  As a parent I would have to decide what level of books my children mature enough to read.  That isn't to say any book of off limits just a matter of when, not if they could read a … Read more

Such a list would be redundant in the Internet age. Anybody can conjure up such a list on the Net in less time than it would take to pick up your car keys and walk out to the car port.

Banned by who??

See, now I'm looking to see which books are banned :D

NO. It shouldn't be mandatory to have a list and banned books can be found all over the internet. 

Idea, you read the song, research it,  study it, then form opinions and ideas. Share your thoughts with the Blurtit Community and we'll give you valuable feedback, ideas and links.

It's amazing what you can accomplish by actually doing your own homework! Run through it once and then read through it a 2nd time, taking notes as you go.  You'll have the summary you need and will have the ability to answer questions from the teacher as you will have done the work yourself. Relying … Read more

    Elizabeth Tudor was 25 when she was crowned in 1588.  Six years later, Shakespeare was born, which made Elizabeth 31, and an old woman!  Why? Anyone over the age of 30 in London then, was considered old!  Bubonic plague was a killer, and it, and its two mutations, Pneumonic plague and Septicaemic plague, … Read more

  William Shakespeare, was born in 1564. That is fact. The exact date though, is quite something else!

  Stratfordians will tell you, at the drop of a hat, that he was born on the 23 of April!  Why, well because in Shakespeare's day, a baby was christened usually two days after birth, so, had … Read more

    It is, perhaps, Banquo that first suspects Macbeth!  At the start of Act 3 scene 1, Banquo is awaiting Macbeth, who is to give a feast that night, and, whilst waiting, reflects on Macbeth's fortune; "Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all as the weird women promised ; and I fear thou … Read more

  Othello is, oddly, not geographically sound! Roderigo goes to Brabanzio, the father of Desdemona, to tell him that his daughter has just married the General of the army Othello, who is black! A very annoyed Brabanzio complains to the Duke of Venice. Meanwhile, Othello, Desdemona and an army company, travel down the Adriatic, around … Read more

  There are only two women's parts in this play, which has over forty written parts, for men!  Therefore, you could be forgiven for thinking
the play misoginistic! However, both Calpurnia, (wife of Caesar), and Portia, (wife of Brutus), state commendable philosophy in the play, although short lived. Shakespeare uses Portias words as examples of pure … Read more

Wrtten in 1596, this play must have delighted its author, by the comments from the 'boy' who therefore portrayed Juliet. We have no idea who he was, but he had a very good idea of how Juliet would respond, when faced by a breathless nurse, and so wrote this small scene accordingly. The innocence of … Read more

AMND is a tale of five books, all read by Shakespeare. The first two stories are in Geoffrey Chaucers, "Cantebury Tales" and are the Knight's Tale, were Arcete and Palamon, debate the issue of love and fidelity. These two "layers" are the beginning of the play, featuring Theseus, Duke of Athens, his intended wife Hippolyta … Read more

Shakespeare was writing at the time, for the time. AMND was written towards the end of 1596, when he was at his most prolific and inventive. The fascination for withcraft, (Oberon, Puck, Titania,) was with him all of his life, and comes up in Hamlet (the ghost), Macbeth, (the witches) and TheTempest ( the sorcerer … Read more

You could perhaps continue with the sonnet prologue? "Two households" etc,?  Or take a particular dramatic scene, the death of Mercuto for instance, and develop that, or the killing of County Paris at the Capulet tomb? All this sounds maudlin, and I apologise, however, there are other scenes you could develop, the nurses happy meanderings … Read more

The marriage, quickly enacted by Friar Lawrence, changes the whole face of the play. This device, was highly favoured by playwrights at the time, ( altering the entire course of the play), and Shakespeare uses it well in this particular production. He uses it earlier, when Peter, the illiterate servant of Capulet, interests both Romeo … Read more

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