Queen Margaret: ‘Enforced thee……we'll after them.' King Henry VI part III (Act 1 sc.1)

Queen Margaret: ‘Brave warriors……to make thee mad do mock thee thus.’ King Henry VI part III (Act 1 sc.4)

Lady Percy: ‘O yet, for God's sake……so you left him.’ King Henry IV part II (Act 2 sc.3)

Portia: ‘You've ungently, Brutus……with your cause of grief.’ Julius Caesar (Act 2 sc.1)

Juliet: ‘Gallop apace……may not wear them.’ Romeo and Juliet (Act 3 sc.2)
Ophelia: ‘My Lord, as I was sewing……comes before me’ joined onto ‘He took me by the wrist……bended their light on me.’ Hamlet (Act 2 sc.1)

Cressida: ‘Hard to seem won……stop my mouth.’ Troilus and Cressida (Act 3 sc.2)

Goneril: ‘By day and night he wrongs me……prepare for dinner." (omit Oswald's lines) King Lear (Act 1 sc.3)

Paulina: ‘What studied torments, tyrant……and vengeance for’t nor dropp’d down yet.’ The Winter’s Tale (Act 3 sc2)

Viola: ‘I left no ring with her……too hard a knot for me to untie’ Twelfth Night (Act 2 sc 2)

Phoebe: ‘I would not be thy executioner……that can do hurt’ As You Like It (Act 3 sc 5)

Rosalind: ‘And why, I pray you? ……fare you well’ As You Like It (Act 3 sc 5)

tragedy - Antony & Cleopatra

comedy - Midsummer Night's Dream

history - Henry V

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annotate the monologue script to decipher what they are actually saying and uncover any hidden meanings

the histories were biased because they were written for Liz 1 who was a Tudor and so she wanted her family shed in a good light while the enemy was always portrayed as the evil deformed thing that was the devil's spawn

Henry 7 killed Rich 3 in battle and Rich is the evil guy because it was thought he murdered his 2 nephews, the Princes in the Tower.

Shakespeare had enough influence that Rich 3 was thought of as evil in Proper history, and it may well be that the guy wasn't that bad in Real Life.

was a free-lance playwrite from 1589 to 1594

became the lord chamberlain's man/playwrite in 1594 until 1603

was appointed the king's man/playwrite in 1603 and retired in 1616

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background info on character 

motivations of character in scene 

context

historical or contemporary context - is the Shakespeare history & actual history

woman siting on a bench & a guy who was a high-school athlete wants to know if she went to that school and remembered his 'big moment' because his life has never gotten any better than that moment in high school.

It's set in America and is an American play but it can be changed to be English.

my voice is monotone (apparently) so i need to work on that

go through the speech and pick a word or two for each sentence to focus on and emphasise

Philosophy professor Whitey McCoy is accused of seducing a male student, Jack Kahn. Both Whitey and Jack tell the story, each from their conflicting memories, leaving everybody in doubt as to what is true
This alleged sexual harassment story is mixed with slices of student life as everybody gossips, takes sides, and eventually forgets all about Whitey and Jack. The students are too busy drinking, smoking pot, and trying to sort out their romantic longings and sexual obsessions

While they try to come-of-age within the intimate hotbed setting of a contemporary college campus, with all of its confused trials, anxious tribulations, pressures, compromises, and politically incorrect dangers

An elite liberal arts college in New England reels when a beloved, eccentric professor is charged with sexually harassing a disturbed male student

"… a light comedy with dark undertones about everyday college life in the 1990s … Mr Sherman's voice is too fresh to be caged into standard, hand-me-down dramaturgy" ~ NY Times

"… talent and promise are apparent in [Sherman's] Sophistry. The perceptiveness, the sharp ear for the comedy in everyday speech, the willingness to tackle rough subjects are all present in this play … Sherman's talent and intelligence inspire hope" ~ NY Daily News