Shakespeare

Plays that can be used: Comedy of Errors, Richard II, Henry IV pt. 1 & 2, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet.

Topic options:

1. Explore the role of family in at least two of the listed Shakespeare plays
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2. Explore the role of Shakespeare using “a play within a play” and what they mean to the overall play.

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1. Many of the plays read include explorations of politics and government. What do the plays seem to say about achieving effective government? About achieving ethical government? Do the plays suggest that effective and ethical government can co-exist? Explore this tension in at least two of the listed plays.