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Ninjawords - a really fast dictionary

Great tool for students to define vocabulary or spelling words or to study multiple meanings of a word. Uses Wiktionary database for definitions instead of the WordNet database. Also has an iPhone app. Case sensitive when looking up words.

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17 Nov 09

Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare

A long list of phrases and words that Shakespeare invented, like "dead as a doornail" and "unreal." For many English-speakers, the following phrases are familiar enough to be considered common expressions, proverbs, and/or clichés.

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William Shakespeare - Biography and Works

This page gives the background and many links to Shakespeare's work. It also has a postboard to ask questions and to even give your class questions to debate in class.

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Shakespeares Words | Home

The site integrates the full text of the plays and poems with the entire Glossary database, allowing you to search for any word or phrase in Shakespeare's works, and in particular to find all instances of all words that can pose a difficulty to the modern reader.

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BBC - Drama - 60 Second Shakespeare - Homepage

NOTE: The page is no longer updated but is still useful. Create your own interpretation of Shakespeare in one minute - make a film or audio, take a scene or whole play - keep it classic or make it modern, it's up to you. It also has links to other resources on Shakespeare, including newspaper articles telling shakespeare's stories...

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Royal Shakespeare Company : RSC : Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

Homepage of the RSC in Stratford detailing performances, critical analysis and images.

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The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets

The full text of Shakespeare's sonnets with commentaries and pictures. Since large numbers of the sonnets are printed to single web pages, students can use their browser "find" function to find sonnets with specific keywords and phrases.

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Shakespeare Resource Center

Offers collected links to assist with online research. There are links on left of page, more sites on bottom of page to help you find information on William Shakespeare. Note: includes notes on the meaning and cadence of famous passages

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Shakespeare Online

This site about Shakespeare provides biographical information, analysis on sonnets, list of characters and plays, discusses themes, play analyses, Shakespeare's biography, essays, and answers to common Shakespeare questions. It also offers some quizzes on different works

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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

An annotated guide and index to Shakespeare on the web including random information about Shakespeare that can be hard to find on the internet.

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Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays...

A good anthology site for many things Shakespeare. In addition to links to full text, summaries, biographies, theatre and language, there are study guides for ten of the most famous plays

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Enjoying "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare

The site provides lots of background and some speculation about the play. Offers some gruesome and entertaining facts about the play. Very easy to read.

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