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As You Like It (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by William Shakespeare
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Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster.
Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: chapter-by-chapter analysis
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Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect...
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When Noah meets Jacob, the heat isn't limited to the kitchen.
When Noah contacts As You Like It to cook a meal and help decorate his home for his visiting family, he doesn't expect Jacob, a chef as tasty as he is talented, to turn up at his door. The attraction between them simmers slowly, and finally boils over. However, a misunderstanding threatens to sour their burgeoning relationship.
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Written to complement the Globe Theatre's production of "As You Like It", this work allows the reader to understand the philosophical and spiritual traditions of Shakespeare's age. As well as placing the play in context, the author shows how the main plot of the play develops and how it relates to the three sub-plots and the three supporting plots as well as to the background plot of the two brother dukes. The reader is shown how themes within the...
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The works of William Shakespeare come alive in these stunning graphic novels adaptation using the original Shakespearean dialog. The world-class art, comedy, and romance of As You Like It will capture the attention of reluctant readers. Supplement your traditional Shakespearean sources with the graphic novel adaptation that will help readers imagine the action like never before.
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When young Orlando searches the forest for his banished lady love, Rosalind, he doesn't realise that he's met her in disguise. Dressed up as a boy, Rosalind sees a chance to train Orlando to be the sort of partner she'd like - and she has some laughs along the way!
This humorous romance has been retold and adapted with new illustrations, making it perfect for younger readers. Originally written by William Shakespeare, this edition has been cleverly...
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Disguised as a man, Rosalind, along with her cousin Celia, flees her uncle's court. Finding refuge in the Forest of Arden, they are reunited with Rosalind's father, an exiled duke, and Orlando-also exiled and pining for his lost love, Rosalind. Still in disguise, Rosalind undertakes to help Orlando reunite with his beloved, while herself fighting off the advances of the shepherdess, Phebe.
Known as "The Bard of Avon," William Shakespeare is arguably...
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Producing artworks of our colourful world using black ink is a challenge. Using only lines and dots, the artist has to make the viewer believe that the white spaces left after the ink has been applied represent recognisable forms. I have assembled in this book a selection of my own ink drawings along with tips which might assist anyone who works or who would like to work in this dark art. There are no rules as such, but there certainly are things...
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This is the 3rd & final volume of Amir Ali Siassi's As I See Myself Like You (bilingual English Farsi poetry trilogy) This volume contains 100 new poems and the trilogy contains 330 bilingual poems total. Volumes 1 & 2 have also been physically, printed in Tehran, Iran where they have enjoyed their 3rd & 2nd prints, respectively.
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The title of William Shakespeare's As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests the play can please all tastes. But is that possible? With his subversive updating of the Bard's classic, Indigenous creator and cultural provocateur Cliff Cardinal seeks to find out. The show exults in bawdy humour, difficult subject matter, and raw emotion; Cardinal is not one to hold back when it comes to challenging delicate sensibilities.
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Love and Longing- As You Like it is One of William Shakespeare's best-known plays. Mistaken identities and gender disguise abound. Rosalind must flee from court when she angers her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne. She disguises herself as a man and travels to the Forest of Arden where complicated love triangles arise and must be, dealt with. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their...
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A Study Guide for William Shakespeare's "As You Like It," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Shakespeare for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Shakespeare for Students for all of your research needs.
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespear's As You Like It, one of Shakespeare's "great" or "middle" comedies.
As a satirical tale of pastoral romance, As You Like It examines the cruelties and corruption of court life and love. Moreover, Shakespeare amusingly weaves a tale of love manifested in varied forms but targets the main theme of "love at first sight" through his playful imagery...
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Dignity is the intrinsic value and worth of a human being. Everyone is born with it, regardless of gender, social status, education, race, religion, creed, and other factors that may distinguish one person from another. The sad news, however, is that we are all vulnerable to having our dignity violated by other people.
Dignity violation comes in many forms. When a man is tortured by other people or by security agents, his dignity is violated....
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Grief. It's a messy, hard path...yet it's a journey everyone will take at some point in life. When men walk that road, they often find they're not given the freedom to grieve as they need to. Author Jonathan Fann has been there, having lost two children and his father in less than 18 months.
Grieve like a Man offers men a practical guide to navigating the path of grief in a culture where men are taught to be tough. The author also provides insight...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Romantic Comedy and Shakespeare's Green Worlds: As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's Dream is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
17) As You Like It by William Shakespeare (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of As You Like It with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, a pastoral comedy which stands out for its sparkling wit and amusing subversion of many of the tropes of the pastoral genre. In the play, numerous characters find themselves in the idyllic Forest of Arden: Duke Senior, whose rightful position has been usurped...
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The 1st part is a manual to help one organize one's thoughts so that the homily/sermon/lesson is moving and effective, that is, reaches the hearts of the listeners as they like to hear it delivered.
Part 2 is a collection of my best homilies from the time I was pastor of Christ the King Parish in San Diego, California, a bi-lingual, tri-cultural parish (Black, Hispanic, & Caucasian), and my 10 years as pastor of Most Holy Trinity Church, in San Jose,...
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Merriment abounds in these beloved comedies by the Bard, in forms that range from magical mischief to rollicking farce. Five of Shakespeare's most popular comedies appear here, in one convenient and economical volume. Contents include: Much Ado About Nothing, in which a betrothed couple set a lover's trap for a confirmed bachelor and his sharp-tongued sparring partner Twelfth Night; or What You Will, the tale of a shipwrecked maiden who disguises...
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