“The Taming of the Shrew” is by far the most enjoyable plays written by William Shakespeare. The characters are real and fascinating – the sweetly stupid Bianca and her hoard of suitors; Baptista, who is more engaged in selling his daughters to rich men than making them happy; the masterful and sly Petruchio; and, Katherine,…
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“Much Ado About Nothing” is one of William Shakespeare’s finest comedies, basically because it often hangs off his clever wordplay and zinger-filled dialogue (such as, “I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.” “No; and he were, I would burn my study.”) There are some hilarious scenes where Benedick distresses over the difficulty…
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Man meets woman, however, it is too obvious that they despise each other, maybe find each other annoying, but deep down inside they are in love with each other, they just do not realize it. This is one of the more popular romance cliches. Everybody from Jane Austen to modern love story writers has used…
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Can you keep a secret? Well, I do not I thought I but after reading it all my little secrets, if not great erupted out of my head. I am sure that everyone has their own little secrets. The first book I read written by Sophie Kinsella, and I like the shape from start to…
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Not for the faint hearted, this book, written by the British stand-up comedian and host of the MTV Video Music Awards Russell Brand, will test even fans of his unique style of explicit, irreverent, lude comedy. It chronicles his rise to fame through drug and sex addiction, and gives fans an insight into how his…
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