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Preface: Shakespeare and the Teaching of Language; Notes; Author's Acknowledgements; Co-author's Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction: Chinese and Hong Kong Shakespeares; Notes; A Brief Overview of Shakespeare's Life, Times and Work; Who Is Shakespeare?; Building a Career in London; The Globe Theatre; Key Themes in Shakespeare's Plays; The Language of Shakespeare; Alliteration and Onomatopoeia; Hyperbole; Imagery; Inventing Language; Irony; Oxymoron; Personification; Puns; Repetition; Sonnet and Rhyme; Further Reading; Part I: The Taming of the Shrew.
Lesson 1: "Is It Your Will toßMake aßStale ofßMe Amongst These Mates?" (Act 1, Scene 1)Lesson 2: "Have IßNot inßMy Time Heard Lion Roar?" (Act 1, Scene 2); Lesson 3: "If YoußStrike Me, YoußAre No Gentleman" (Act 2, Scene 1); Lesson 4: Words Invented byßShakespeare (Act 3, Scene 1 and more); Lesson 5: "I Told You, I, HeßWasßaßFrantic Fool" (Act 3, Scene 2 and more); Lesson 6: "To Me She's Married, Not Unto My Clothes" (Act 3, Scene 2); Lesson 7: Wicked Shakespearean Insults (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 8: "My Falcon Now Is Sharp andßPassing Empty" (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 9: "She Will BeßPleased.
Then Wherefore Should IßDoubt?" (Act 4, Scene 4)Lesson 10: "Better Once Than Never, forßNever Too Late" (Act 5, Scene 1); Part II: The Merchant of Venice; Lesson 11: "A Stage, Where Every Man Must Play aßPart" (Act 1, Scene 1); Lesson 12: Theß"Pound ofßFlesh" Bond (Act 1, Scene 3); Lesson 13: "And Say There Is Much Kindness inßtheßJew" (Act 1, Scene 3); Lesson 14: "That Is theßVery Defect ofßtheßMatter Sir" (Act 2, Scene 2); Lesson 15: "Hie Thee, Gentle Jew" (Act 2, Scene 5); Lesson 16: "I Have aßFather, YoußaßDaughter, Lost" (Act 2, Scene 5).
Lesson 17: "All That Glisters Is Not Gold" (Act 2, Scene 7)Lesson 18: "If YoußPrick Us Do WeßNot Bleed?" (Act 3, Scene 1); Lesson 19: "It Droppeth asßtheßGentle Rain fromßHeaven" (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 20: TheßDark Comedy inßaßNutshell (Act 4, Scene 1 and more); Part III: Romeo and Juliet; Lesson 21: Beginning ofßTrouble (Act 1 Prologue); Lesson 22: Before Meeting "The One" (Act 1, Scenes 1 & 3); Lesson 23: Love at First Sight (Act 1, Scene 5); Lesson 24: AßVery First Kiss (Act 1, Scene 5); Lesson 25: Replaying Juliet inßtheßBalcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2).
Lesson 26: Playing Hide andßSeek (Act 2, Scene 5)Lesson 27: When Things Fall Apart (Scenes fromßActs 2 & 3); Lesson 28: Breaking Someone's Heart Softly (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 29: Mourning Over Juliet's Dead Body (Act 4, Scene 5 & Act 5, Scene 3); Lesson 30: Is Tragedy Unavoidable? (Act 5, Scene 3); Part IV: Macbeth; Lesson 31: TheßWitches' Riddles (Act 1, Scene 1); Lesson 32: Hailing Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 3); Lesson 33: "Unsex Me Here" (Act 1, Scene 5); Lesson 34: "Prithee, Peace: IßDare Do All That May Become aßMan" (Act 1, Scene 7).
Lesson 1: "Is It Your Will toßMake aßStale ofßMe Amongst These Mates?" (Act 1, Scene 1)Lesson 2: "Have IßNot inßMy Time Heard Lion Roar?" (Act 1, Scene 2); Lesson 3: "If YoußStrike Me, YoußAre No Gentleman" (Act 2, Scene 1); Lesson 4: Words Invented byßShakespeare (Act 3, Scene 1 and more); Lesson 5: "I Told You, I, HeßWasßaßFrantic Fool" (Act 3, Scene 2 and more); Lesson 6: "To Me She's Married, Not Unto My Clothes" (Act 3, Scene 2); Lesson 7: Wicked Shakespearean Insults (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 8: "My Falcon Now Is Sharp andßPassing Empty" (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 9: "She Will BeßPleased.
Then Wherefore Should IßDoubt?" (Act 4, Scene 4)Lesson 10: "Better Once Than Never, forßNever Too Late" (Act 5, Scene 1); Part II: The Merchant of Venice; Lesson 11: "A Stage, Where Every Man Must Play aßPart" (Act 1, Scene 1); Lesson 12: Theß"Pound ofßFlesh" Bond (Act 1, Scene 3); Lesson 13: "And Say There Is Much Kindness inßtheßJew" (Act 1, Scene 3); Lesson 14: "That Is theßVery Defect ofßtheßMatter Sir" (Act 2, Scene 2); Lesson 15: "Hie Thee, Gentle Jew" (Act 2, Scene 5); Lesson 16: "I Have aßFather, YoußaßDaughter, Lost" (Act 2, Scene 5).
Lesson 17: "All That Glisters Is Not Gold" (Act 2, Scene 7)Lesson 18: "If YoußPrick Us Do WeßNot Bleed?" (Act 3, Scene 1); Lesson 19: "It Droppeth asßtheßGentle Rain fromßHeaven" (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 20: TheßDark Comedy inßaßNutshell (Act 4, Scene 1 and more); Part III: Romeo and Juliet; Lesson 21: Beginning ofßTrouble (Act 1 Prologue); Lesson 22: Before Meeting "The One" (Act 1, Scenes 1 & 3); Lesson 23: Love at First Sight (Act 1, Scene 5); Lesson 24: AßVery First Kiss (Act 1, Scene 5); Lesson 25: Replaying Juliet inßtheßBalcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2).
Lesson 26: Playing Hide andßSeek (Act 2, Scene 5)Lesson 27: When Things Fall Apart (Scenes fromßActs 2 & 3); Lesson 28: Breaking Someone's Heart Softly (Act 4, Scene 1); Lesson 29: Mourning Over Juliet's Dead Body (Act 4, Scene 5 & Act 5, Scene 3); Lesson 30: Is Tragedy Unavoidable? (Act 5, Scene 3); Part IV: Macbeth; Lesson 31: TheßWitches' Riddles (Act 1, Scene 1); Lesson 32: Hailing Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 3); Lesson 33: "Unsex Me Here" (Act 1, Scene 5); Lesson 34: "Prithee, Peace: IßDare Do All That May Become aßMan" (Act 1, Scene 7).