That philosophy is evident in these guides. Memoria believes that reading is not a passive activity, but that it requires an active, discriminating mind, one that has been challenged to think, compare, and contrast. The guides are well-organized, user-friendly, academically challenging, and graphically pleasing. Just the right stuff! Thats what youll be thinking as you use this warm and inviting reading program from Memoria Press.
Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books.An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play.An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language.A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases.Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play.Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play.Hotspur, in declaring war on Henry, sees himself as fighting for Mortimer, his wife’s brother. King Henry pronounces Mortimer a traitor whom he will not ransom. Mortimer, who fought against the Welsh magician Owen Glendower, was defeated and captured and has married Glendower’s daughter. Hotspur’s stand against Henry focuses on Hotspur’s brother-in-law, Mortimer. Meanwhile, Hal has entered into a quasi-father-son relationship with a disreputable but amusing knight, Sir John Falstaff.Īnother strand of action centers on still more family relationships. The father-son pair of Hotspur (Lord Henry Percy) and his father, the Earl of Northumberland, is in seeming contrast the king envies Northumberland “his Harry,” wishing he could claim the gallant Hotspur as his own. King Henry IV and Prince Hal form one major father-son pair, with Henry in despair because Hal lives a dissolute life.
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For example, if they are teaching Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," teachers are welcome to give students copies of my "Virgil's 'Aeneid': A Retelling in Prose" and tell students, "Here's another ancient epic you may want to read in your spare time."This book is an easy-to-read retelling of William Shakespeare's "1 Henry IV," which is also known as "Henry IV, Part 1." In this book, we learn of Prince Hal's friendship with the evil but witty Falstaff, and we see Prince Hal redeem himself at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.The authoritative edition of Henry IV, Part 1 from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.įamily relationships are at the center of Henry IV, Part 1. Teachers are welcome to give students copies of my eBooks as background material.
I also give permission to all teachers to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever.Teachers need not actually teach my retellings. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. " In this book, we learn of Prince Hal's friendship with the evil but witty Falstaff, and we see Prince Hal redeem himself at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.ĭownload » William Shakespeare s 1 Henry IV Aka Henry IV Part 1
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