Shakespeare and Human Character

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction and Rationale
  2. Demographics
  3. The Three Plays
  4. Characters
  5. Objectives
  6. Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Student Resources
  10. Appendix A
  11. Appendix B
  12. Appendix C
  13. Appendix D
  14. Endnotes

Getting to Know Shakespeare's Characters

Barbara Ann Prillaman

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Teacher Resources

Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.

This book provides critical essays regarding Shakespeare's plays.

Enotes. "How to Write a Character Analysis." Enotes (n.d.), http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-character-analysis (accessed March 12, 2009).

    Self-explanatory, really. This website provides a quick reference on how to write a character analysis in 10 steps.

Forster, E.M. Aspects of the Novel. Orlando, Harcourt Incorporated, 1927.

    Useful background knowledge for the teacher regarding a novel including the plot, characters, among other story elements.

Garber, Marjorie. Shakespeare After All. United States: Anchor Books, 2004.

    Critical essays regarding Shakespeare's works analyzing the plays and their characters.

Hall, Tracey and Nicole Strangman. "CAST Universal Design for Learning: Graphic Organizers." (2002), http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_go.html (accessed July 12, 2008).

Excellent teacher resource regarding graphic organizers.

Nuttall, A.D. Shakespeare: The Thinker. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.

ReadWriteThink. "Three Elements of Characterization," (2007), http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson101/3ElementsofCharacterization.pdf (accessed July 8, 2008).

Appendix E is modeled after the information from this website.

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