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Short Fiction on the WWW - the English Server's Fiction Collection - short fiction,
novels, magazines & literary criticism.
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Literature Web Guide - Internet
Resources related to books for children & young adults. Includes
stories on the web - folklore, myth & legend, songs &
poetry, children's classics.
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Poetry - An
Index of Poets in Representative Poetry OnLine - A University of
Toronto site with the selected poetry of over 300 poets, from
Anonymous to Wordsworth.
http://library.utoronto.ca/www/utel/rp/indexauthors.html |
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Australian Book
Review - reviews online. Check out the latest issue, or search
the index
for previous reviews.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Welcome.html |
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OzLit Literary
Links - links to literary resources, literary magazines, online
book groups, references on Greek mythology .
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/literat.html |
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Literature
Webliography - Authors - an A-Z of Authors, from Jane Austen to
William Butler Yeats.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/authors.html |
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The Encyclopaedia
Mythica - a comprehensive guide to mythology, folklore and
legend. With the traditional Greek and Roman myths (and a genealogy
table of the principle Greek gods), it also has sections on Aztec,
Celtic, Chinese, Egyptian and Native American mythology.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/ |
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Cool
Books for Tough Guys: 50 Books Out of the Mainstream of
Adolescent Literature That Will Appeal to Males Who Do Not Enjoy
Reading.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall94/Baines.html |
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NSW HSC on-line English
Courses Contains links and discussion questions on a wide range
of texts. http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/courses/
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SparkNotes This site contains
summary spark notes on an extensive range of works in English
Literature |
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Gradesaver Literature
by ClassicNotes. The ultimate study guide collection written
exclusively by Harvard students. ClassicNotes - the best online
literature notes available! |
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Classic notes on
variety of novels
http://www.novelguides.com/ClassicNotes/ |
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Novelguide.com
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Text Talk' VCE English & Literature
Articles This is link to the
archive of all the articles on VCE English texts which have appeared
in the The Age's weekly 'Text Talk'
column. |
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VCAA English Written Examination http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/VCE/ASSESS/REPORTS/00cycle2/exams/english/
Report for teachers on text response 2000. Includes Cabaret,
Angela's Ashes Report for teachers on text response 2000. Includes
Cabaret, Angela's Ashes |
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The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction - Google Books Result Colonial Gothic Tradition |
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Australian Gothic The Antipodes was a world of reversals, the dark subconscious of
Britain. It was, for all intents and purposes, Gothic par excellence, the dungeon of the world. It is
perhaps for this reason that the Gothic as a mode has been a consistent presence in Australia since
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Batman (1989) Directed by Tim Burton. With Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger. The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy. |
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Beneath Clouds
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Ivan
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Blade Runner |
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Brave New World |
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BookRags Book Notes on Brave New
World http://www.bookrags.com/notes/bnw/ Comprehensive
Study Guide with many useful internal links. |
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Spark Notes on Brave New World
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/
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Brave New World ? A
Defence Of Paradise-Engineering http://www.huxley.net/
Discussion of themes in novel. |
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List of Online Resources for
Brave New World http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/KR/LIBRARY/LIT/brave_new_world.html
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Brave New World http://members.tripod.com/~siser/
Student site dedicated to the Aldous Huxley book. Includes
chapter summaries, author profile, contextual notes , character
analysis, and links. |
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NovelGuide: Brave New
World http://www.novelguide.com/bravenewworld/
Summary, character profiles, analysis, and more
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Brave New World by
Aldous Huxley : Barron's Notes http://
www.huxley.net/studyaid/bnwbarron.html Barron's notes to Brave
New World by Aldous Huxley |
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The Catcher in the Rye |
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SparkNotes: The Catcher in the
Rye http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/
Study guide for the J.D. Salinger novel, including character
analysis, chapter summaries, study questions, and notes on major
themes |
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The Catcher in the Rye – Novel
analysis. http://www.novelguide.com/thecatcherintherye/
A comprehensive book analysis of The Catcher in the Rye
including a complete summary of the book and a biography of the
author. |
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The Catcher in the Rye – praise
and criticism http://www.levity.com/corduroy/salinger1.htm
An analysis of reviews of the novel. |
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The Catcher in the Rye Study
Guide http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/catcher2.html |
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The Catcher in the
Rye Yahoo Directory of Sites http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Literary_Fiction/Salinger__J_D_/Catcher_in_the_Rye__The/
A comprehensive list of useful and relevant sites
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Citizen Kane |
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Citizen Kane
http://imdb.com/title/tt0033467/ A detailed guide to the
movie. |
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Citizen Kane: Review
http://www.filmsite.org/citi.html A review of the
film |
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Citizen
Kane: Review
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980524/REVIEWS08/401010334/1023
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The Orson Welles Web Resource
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Dark City Dark City Home Page which includes notes on the Director and production. |
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Dark City (1998) A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans. |
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Dead Poets Society (1989) Directed by Peter Weir. With Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry. |
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Dead Poets Society Roll Call: cast and crew of the film. Links to reviews, other DPS sites, on-line stores / Yearbook: images and memorable scenes / Homework |
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Dead Poets Society Harsh review by Jim Emerson analyzing what the film is really about. |
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Quotes of Movie: Dead Poets Society [1989] |
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David Williamson : Confessions of a culture war villian Extract from Australian Book Review February/March 1998 http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/FebMarch98/will.html |
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Dead
White Males
Some useful on-line links. NSW on-line English site
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/extension1/thinking/postmodernism/dead_white_males/dwm_directory.html |
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Heresy
to ridicule but with Dead White Males in 1995 he also began to
question intellectual and moral
orthodoxies
http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-July-1996/mcgillick.html |
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Dead White Males
http://english.eliz.tased.edu.au/literature/dwm/default.htm
Sample Essays and More
Results From: english.eliz.tased.edu.au |
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Fahrenheit 451 |
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Sparknotes for Fahrenheit
451 |
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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/ |
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The French Lieutenant's Woman |
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The French Lieutenant's Woman Summary The French Lieutenant's Woman summary with 322 pages of encyclopedia entries, essays, summaries, research information, and more. |
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The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Synopsis, cast and crew, awards and user comments. |
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Genetic and Cultural selection in The French Lieutenant''s Woman John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman asserts that cultural evolution, like genetic evolution,
is a horizontal process involving elements of hazard and causality,
so that history is partly inherited and partly contingent. |
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The film : The French-Lieutenant's WomanHow does one convey the time-frame dichotomy on film? The decision made by director Karel Reisz and Harold Pinter was to frame Fowles' basic plot within a "modern" context of their own making |
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John Fowles--The Web Site
Everything about the British author John Fowles, including a biography. |
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Frankenstein |
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My Hideous Progeny: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein This a web page about Mary Shelley and her novel Frankenstein. |
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SparkNotes: Frankenstein Home : English : Literature Study Guides : Frankenstein . Frankenstein . - Navigate Here -, Context, Plot Overview ... Frankenstein · Gothic Literature. |
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Study guide
to
Gattaca http://www.becal.net/toolkit/damaris/gattaca.html Includes
discussion ideas, links to reviews, sites on bioethics |
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Gattaca
(1997) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Gattaca-1080254/ Includes
links to a variety of short reviews |
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Gattaca http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19971024/REVIEWS/710240303/1023
Review by Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times |
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Learning
guide to
Gattaca http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/gattaca.html Extensive
discussion questions |
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Gattaca';
a fully imagined
future http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/102497gattaca-film-review.html Review
by Janet Maslin, New York Times |
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Gattaca:
a not-so-perfect
specimen http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/10/24/DD14694.DTL Review
by Mick La Salle, San Francisco Chronicle |
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Gattaca http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/nash/g/gattaca1.html Review
from Nashville Scene 27/10/97 |
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The Great Gatsby |
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Spark notes – a
comprehensive guide on all aspects of The Great
Gatsby http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/ |
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The Great Gatsby
- Homework
online http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/index.asp
Included in this site are summaries and explanations, character
analysis, discussion of themes and a user's forum where readers can
discuss and ask questions |
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Classic notes
on The Great Gatsby. http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/gatsby/
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The Great
Gatsby http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/greatgatsby/ A
chapter by chapter summary of the novel. |
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The Great Gatsby
Website http://www.geocities.com/andrew_dilling/ Detailed
information on the novel, The Great Gatsby , written by F. Scott
Fitzgerald. |
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The Great Gatsby: the
movie http://www.imbp.com/title/tt0071577/ This site
contains information about the 1974 movie version of The Great
Gatsby starring Mia Farrow and Robert Redford. |
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Gullivers Travel's |
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Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels - Home Page Text, supporting materials and links for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. |
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SparkNotes: Gulliver 's Travels Home : English : Literature Study Guides : Gulliver 's Travels . Gulliver 's Travels . - Navigate Here -, Context, Plot Overview, Character List, Analysis of ... |
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http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/lear/
Comprehensive notes on plot, characters etc |
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King Lear
http://home.pacific.net.au/~greg.hub/lear.html
Study site covering all aspects of the play and Shakespeare
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King
Lear http://www.bookrags.com/notes/kl/index.htm Scene by
scene notes on the play with relevant character links |
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Enjoying King Lear
http://www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm
Help for students approaching Shakespeare's dark
play. |
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All Shakespeare: King Lear
http://www.allshakespeare.com/kl/
Features summary, essays, themes, quotes, and a searchable text
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Features Shakespeare FAQs and soliloquy analysis |
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All Shakespeare Home Page
Welcome to the web's premier Shakespeare destination! Students,
teachers, and scholars, we have the content you need. Writing a
paper? Trying to understand a play? Look no further! Enjoy the site
and see what others have said about All
Shakespeare!
http://www.enotes.com/jax/index.php/enotes/gsearch?m=co&q=macbeth |
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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet. Links to sites designed to teach Shakespeare
over the Internet and in the classroom, and sites which contain
mostly non-print educational materials (such as CD, other software,
posters and illustrations, etc. for
purchase).
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ |
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Complete Works of
William Shakespeare This site contains the complete works of
William Shakespeare online, a discussion area, Bartlett's
Shakespearean quotations and a link to other Internet resources.
Categories include comedy, history, tragedy and
poetry.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ |
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Shakespeare Theme
Page "This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources
related to the study of Shakespeare. Students and teachers will find
curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn
about this
topic. http://www.cln.org/themes/shakespeare.html |
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Macbeth Study Guide Print or read
on-line http://www.bard.org/images/educationimages/MacbethGuide.pdf |
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Everything
Shakespeare Summaries, essays and links about
Macbeth http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/indexmain.html |
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Macbeth
Navigator : Index of Themes and Motifs
Detailed notes on the first two acts - Index of Themes and
Motifs |
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Macbeth:
Explained In Modern English
http://www.public.asu.edu/~vdickson/Macbeth.htm |
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Macbeth
A ThinkQuest site that provides background about Shakespeare's
Macbeth, a summary of the play, characters, essays, vocabulary,
quizzes and games, film versions, full text of the play, readings
and further links. English Literature.
http://library.thinkquest.org/19539/macbeth.htm |
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Study
Questions for Macbeth Twelve interesting questions covering
the whole play.
http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl339/macbeth.html |
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Macbeth An
annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy.Good
in-depth analysis. Glossary. Summaries.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2888/ |
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Shakespeare Macbeth Guide Macbeth by Shakespeare with a study guide.
http://www.allshakespeare.com/plays/macbeth/index.php |
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Macbeth: Tragic
hero or Tyrant? Macbeth changes from a loyal heroic warrior,
to 'hell hound.' Before he dies he regains some of his earlier
stature. Macbeth is therefor a masterfully crafted tragic hero, far
more than a simple
tyrant http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/371/ |
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The
matrix http://www.fl.net.au/~pressco/movies/matrix.html Review
of the movie |
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The
Matrix
analysis http://actionadventure.about.com/library/weekly/aa112900a.htm |
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The
simulation argument www.simulation-argument.com/ Site
examining the hypothesis that we are currently living in an
"ancestor simulation" run by a future. |
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Maus |
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Art Spiegelman's Maus Essay by Robert S. Leventhal on psychological and structural aspects of the book. |
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Maus Resources on the Web A comprehensive site for resources on Maus including interviews and scholarly articles |
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Midsummer Night's Dream |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Summary and Study Guide - William A Midsummer Night's Dream summary and study guide, with notes, essays, quotes, and pictures. |
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JB Siedlecki: A Midsummer Night's Dream Annotated scene indexed HTML. |
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Oedipus
trilogy, by
Sophocles
http://www.literatureproject.com/oedipus/
E-text |
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Oedipus the
king
http://www.novelguide.com/oedipustheking/index.html
Novelguide.com
text analysis |
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The Oedipus
trilogy
http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/oedipus/section5.rhtml
Wizard
guide
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Classic
notes on
Sophocles
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_sophocles.html |
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Study guide
for Sophocles' Oedipus the King, by Robin
Mitchell-Boyask
http://www.temple.edu/classics/oedipus.html |
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Enjoying Oedipus the
king, by Sophocles, by Ed
Friedlander
http://www.pathguy.com/oedipus.htm
Extensive
background with good links. |
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Ancient Greek
theatre
http://www.greektheatre.gr/ |
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Oedipus
the
wreck
http://vccslitonline.cc.va.us/OedipustheWreck/ |
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Introduction to
Greek
tragedy
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/tragedy.htm |
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Litlinks;
Sophocles
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/drama/sophocles.htm |
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The Others (2001) A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted. |
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The Outsiders |
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SparkNotes: The Outsiders Home: English: Literature Study Guides: The Outsiders |
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The Outsiders (1983) When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. |
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Images - Akira Kurosawa's Ran Akira Kurosawa’s Ran is that rare epic picture, at once enormous and intimate, simultaneously melodramatic and nuanced. |
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The Criterion Collection: Ran by Akira Kurosawa With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. |
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Rebel Without a Cause- Film
Review
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=1613 |
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Rebel Without a Cause
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048545/maindetails
Many useful links to external reviews. |
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Rebel Without a Cause
http://www.filmsite.org/rebel.html
Detailed review, synopsis and discussion of thematic elements in
the film. |
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Rebel Without a Cause
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/5/finding.html
A psychoanalytic study of the film. |
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Rebel Without a Cause
http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/Representation/main_6.html
Tasks and activities for study of the film. |
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James Dean http://www.jamesdean.com/index.php
The official James Dean website. |
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Romeo and Juliet |
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Romeo & Juliet Official website with information about characters, locations and other production details. |
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SparkNotes: Romeo and Juliet Home: English: Shakespeare Study Guides: Romeo and Juliet . Romeo and Juliet . - Navigate Here -, Context, Plot Overview, Character List, Analysis of Major |
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Romeo and Juliet Summary and Study Guide - William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet summary and study guide, with notes, essays, quotes, and pictures. |
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Search, Read, Study, Discuss. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Searchable etext. Discuss with other readers |
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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |
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LBST 402: Lecture on Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Lecture on Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Summary and Study Guide ... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead summary and study guide, with notes, essays, quotes, and pictures. |
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Seabiscuit (2003) True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of the nation as well. |
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American Experience | Seabiscuit Seabiscuit : the long shot horse that captured America 's heart. |
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Seabiscuit : An American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand Companion site to the book by Laura Hillenbrand. |
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The Shark Net |
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The Shark Net Robert Drewe article This article discusses Robert Drewe's family and growing up in Perth . |
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The Shark Net synopsis Synopsis or story outline of The Shark Net TV mini-series adapted by Ian David from the best-selling Robert Drewe memoir. |
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Shine |
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Shine (1996) Directed by Scott Hicks. With Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd. Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown |
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Sleepy Hollow |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman. |
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The Stepford Wives
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The Stepford Wives (2004) Directed by Frank Oz. With Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler. What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? |
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The Stepford Wives Study questions, production information, and cast list. |
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V for Vendetta
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