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Tables of Contents for Shakespeare for Dummies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xix
Introduction
1
4
Part I: What Makes Shakespeare Special
5
32
Chapter 1: Meet William Shakespeare
7
10
Chapter 2: Will's World
17
12
Chapter 3: Shakespeare in the Modern World
29
8
Part II: You Call That English?
37
32
Chapter 4: Why Does Everyone Talk So Funny?
39
12
Chapter 5: Did You Hear the One About...?
51
8
Chapter 6: How to Read Shakespeare's English
59
10
Part III: The Play's the Thing
69
52
Chapter 7: Once Upon a Time
71
14
Chapter 8: Shakespeare's People: Characters, Actors, and Audiences
85
12
Chapter 9: Use Your Imagination
97
8
Chapter 10: Reading a Play
105
8
Chapter 11: At the Theater
113
8
Part IV: Scorecards and Summaries
121
190
Chapter 12: Keeping Score
123
8
Chapter 13: Comedies
131
80
Chapter 14: Histories
211
48
Chapter 15: Tragedies
259
52
Part V: The Other Poems
311
18
Chapter 16: All About the Sonnets
313
8
Chapter 17: Narrative and Other Poems
321
8
Part VI: The Part of Tens
329
22
Chapter 18: The Ten Best Places to Watch Shakespeare's Plays
331
8
Chapter 19: Ten Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare
339
2
Chapter 20: The Ten Greatest Shakespearean Performers
341
6
Chapter 21: Ten Films and Shows Based on Shakespeare's Plays
347
4
Index
351
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