Language of Shakespeare's Plays

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• Chapter 1 THE BEGINNING IN WORDS; Chapter 2 FROM WORDS TO ACTION AND FROM WORDS TO PEOPLE; Chapter 3 THE EARLY HISTORIES; Chapter 4 A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM; Chapter 5 ROMEO AND JULIET; Chapter 6 HENRY IV, Part I and Part II; Chapter 7 THE MIDDLE COMEDIES; Chapter 8 HAMLET; Chapter 9 MEASURE FOR MEASURE; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; Chapter 10 OTHELLO AND MACBETH; Chapter 11 KING LEAR; Chapter 12 THE ROMAN PLAYS; Chapter 13 CYMBELINE; THE WINTER'S TALE; THE TEMPEST;