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8 Cards in this Set
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Romeo and Juliet |
*Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, nurse, Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt |
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Hamlet |
*Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Horatio, Rosencratz and Guildenstern, Fortinbras |
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Macbeth |
*Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, King Duncan, Macduff *"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." |
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Othello |
*Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, Iago *Othello marries Desdemona, rules Venice with Cassio as second in command, Iago is jealous and knocks off both of them, convincing Othello that Des and Cassio are cheating |
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Taming of the Shrew |
*Baptista, Bianca, Katherina, Petruccio * Petruccio marries Katherina and tortures her into subservience so Bianca can get married herself |
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The Tempest |
*Alonso, Prospero, Miranda, Caliban, Ariel, Ferdinand *Alonso shipwrecked on island where Prospero has been exiled with his daughter Miranda, and he enslaves like everyone, and Miranda and Ferdinand end up married. |
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The Merchant of Venice |
*Shylock, Bassanio, Portia, Antonio *Bassanio borrows money from Antonio so he can woo Portia, but he borrows money from Shylock, and when he can't pay him back, Shylock tries to take a pound of his flesh, but is cheated out of his return by Portia disguised as a lawyer/Venice, basically. |
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Richard III |
*Richard, Edward IV, Elizabeth, Henry VII *U know the history... Richard wrests the throne from his brother, has his nephews killed in the tower of London, is killed at he battle of bosworth fields (and found under a carpark 600 years later) *"The winter of our discontent" - Richard reflecting on his own evil at the beginning in a direct address to the audience |
