Duke of Gloucester

William Shakespeare is a renowned poet, playwright and actor. Many believe that he was the most zealous writer in the English language and also the most significant playwright in history. Shakespeare wrote his plays for an assorted audience, he manipulated complex and universal themes such as patriarchy and gender roles while placing emphasis on women’s quest for power, equality, happiness and identity. Shakespeare embarked on issues that everyone could relate to, hence, his stylistic techniques

Murder of the King in Hamlet, Richard II, Henry VIII, Macbeth and Julius Caesar       Kings are everywhere in Shakespeare, from Hamlet to Richard the Second, from Henry the Eighth to Macbeth; many of the plays contain a central element of a king or autocratic head of state such as Julius Caesar, for example. They focus more specifically on the nature of that person's power, especially on the question of removing it; what it means on both a political and psychological level, how it can be achieved

Summary of ‘Britain’ The country and its people: an introduction for learners of English Revised and Updated Author: James O’Driscoll Oxford The chapters which you need to study for the exam are as follows: Chapters 1 – 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20 – 23 plus reader 07 2538 SCC UK: Government and Monarchy Chapter 1. Country and People The British Isles lie off the north-west coast of Europe. It consists of two great isles and several much smaller ones. - Great Britain is the largest