TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Cheryl ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Shakespeare's Major Plays T2 - Open textbook library SN - 9780645951622 AV - P51 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Humanities KW - Textbooks KW - Language and languages N1 - Front Matter -- Introduction: Beyond the Bard -- Part I. As You Like It: Shakespeare's 'Drama of Happiness' -- Part II. Romeo and Juliet: 'The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' -- Part III. Hamlet: 'A Murder Most Foul, Strange and Unnatural' -- Postscript -- Appendix: Hamlet Resources -- Works Cited -- Versioning History N2 - This book is designed to assist upper secondary school and first and second-year university students in their reading and understanding of Shakespeare's plays. The plays selected for discussion are those that students are most likely to encounter in their early adventures with Shakespeare. Each discussion provides guidance on issues raised by each play and suggests approaches from which students can build original ideas and insights. The book contains interactive exercises that are designed to assist students to understand and remember the characters, plots and structures of Shakespeare's plays. The book contains free full text copies of the plays. Volume 1 includes As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1686 ER -