Topics and Texts

Introduction

A brief history of Shakespeare's life
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/life.html

The Elizabethan era
http://www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org/education/elizabethan-age
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ren.html

Sonnets
Introduction
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetintroduction.html

Shakespearean Sonnet Basics:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetstyle.html

Analysis:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetanalyze.html
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/sonnetthemes.html
http://shakespeare-online.com/biography/imagery.html

Sonnet 18
text:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html
paraphrase and analysis:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18detail.html

Sonnet 116
text:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116.html
paraphrase and analysis:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116detail.html

Sonnet 147
text:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/147.html
paraphrase and analysis:
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/147detail.html