Background Reading:
Shakespeare's Enduring Appeal

Your teacher may assign one or more of the following articles as background reading. To access these articles, go to the SIRS Discoverer database and type in the keyword "Shakespeare". Then scan the results list for the title and source of the article assigned by your teacher.

  • "Shakespeare: Still the One or, Why Shakespeare Matters" (Literary Cavalcade)
  • "William Shakespeare: All the World Is His Stage" (Student Briefings)
  • "Much Ado About Shakespeare" (Weekly Reader)
    • Read the introductory section, paragraphs 1-6.
  • "William Shakespeare" (Encyclopedia Britannica)
    • Read the introductory section, paragraphs 1-4.

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