McGraw-Hill's PodClass Hamlet Study Guide

Description

Turn your iPod into Hamlet 101 class for on-the-go learning. In this unique audio series, 21st century technology brings alive a 16th century writer and his work so students can fully understand the genius of William Shakespeare. "McGraw-Hill's PodClass: Hamlet Study Guide" helps you reinforce what you have learned in class or even fill in the bits you may have missed. This program includes more than 50 mini lectures on main topic points, engaging scene summaries, and 'drama bytes' - key quotes and dialogues from the play, as well as insider guidance on approaching tests, papers, and essays. This is not an abridged recording of the play; rather this dynamic audio program reveals what it means, which characters are important, what themes Shakespeare was exploring - all the issues that you need to know to ace your test.

Author description

Jane Mallison is a teacher and former English department head at New York's Trinity School. Her students provided the scene summaries for this study guide. The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare is an award-winning production of all thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays, featuring distinguished actors from British film and theater. The production of Hamlet features Simon Russell Beale (National Theatre) as Hamlet, Imogen Stubbs (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Ophelia, Jane Lapotaire ("Casualty") as Gertrude, and Damian Lewis ("Life") as Laertes.

Table of contents

Pod Prologue (introduction, features, study tips, contributors) Our Swift Scene (summaries, commentaries, and key quotes by scene) What Players are They? (lectures on and key quotes from main characters) That's the Theme (lectures on key themes with related quotes) Study a Speech (key quotes & monologs in memorizeable bytes) Who Can Inform Me? (background info on Shakespeare, his times, and the play) Say Thy Opinion (essay ideas, movie interpretations, performance notes)

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9780071611473
• Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
• Imprint : McGraw-Hill Contemporary
• Contained items : Contains Paperback and CD-ROM
• Publication date : June 2009
• Dimensions : 192mm X 138mm X 28mm
• Produced in : United States
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Pages : 8
• Dewey classification : 822.33
• Edition : Abridged edition
• Bind : Mixed-media pack
• Author : Jane Mallison