Shakespeare Sunday: The Merchant of Venice

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays and write my thoughts.

'All that glitters is not gold' - The Merchant of Venice, Act 2 Scene 7
External versus Internal: Tolkien & Shakespeare

Shakespeare Sunday: As You Like It & Richard II

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from the plays and write my thoughts.

'This our life' As You Like It, Act 2 Scene 1
Deposition: Gift or Curse?

Shakespeare Sunday: Twelfth Night & King Lear

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays and write my thoughts.

'Hey, ho, the wind and the rain' Twelfth Night Act 5, Scene 1, and King Lear Act 3, Scene 2

Shakespeare's Songs: Fools and Fortune 

Shakespeare Sunday: Richard III

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays and write my thoughts. 

'Teach me how to curse...' Richard III Act 4, Scene 4

Crippled Queens: Hurting or Helping?

Shakespeare Sunday: Macbeth

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays and write my thoughts.

'Hecate, Hecate, come away' Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 5

Middleton's Additions: Worth a Second Look?

Shakespeare Sunday: King Lear and Henry V

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays and write my thoughts. 

'Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rascal...' Henry V Act 3 Scene 6

Bawcock or Heart of Gold? Comparing Kent/Caius and Pistol

Shakespeare Sunday: Much Ado About Nothing

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract of one of the plays, and write my thoughts. 

'She would infect to the north star' Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1

Bullying and The Hostile Environment 

Shakespeare Sunday: Coriolanus

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts. 

'Some parcels of their power are forth already' Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 2

Rome: Superpower in the Making

Shakespeare Sunday: Julius Caesar

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'I come to fetch you to the Senate House' Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 2 

The Morning Salutatio: Caesar's Fatal Errors 

Shakespeare Sunday: The Tempest

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'Thy thoughts I cleave to...' The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1

Ariel: A Figment of Imagination? 

Shakespeare Sunday: Richard II and Henry VI Part 3

Welcome to 'Shakespeare Sunday', where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts.

'Let us sit upon the ground...' Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2
'Here on this molehill will I sit me down...' Henry VI Part 3, Act 2, Scene 5

Kings Brought Low: Comparing Richard and Henry 

Shakespeare Sunday: Henry V

Here is the first of my 'Shakespeare Sunday' features, where I take an extract from one of the plays, and write my thoughts. 

'A little touch of Harry in the night...' Henry V, Act IV, Prologue 

Consider the Chorus: An Unreliable Narrator?