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Penguin Books
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Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet an enduring masterpiece...
2) Hamlet
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The play, set in the Kingdom of Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet (Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father) and then succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude (the King Hamlet's widow and mother of Prince Hamlet).
3) Fences
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Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xviii, 101 pages ; 21 cm
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The protagonist of Fences (part of Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle plays), Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s, a spirit that is changing the world Troy Maxson has learned to deal with the only way he can,...
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Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
348 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"La tragedia de la pasión amorosa, las rivalidades familiares, la esterilidad, la represión sexual y la muerte son el hilo vertebrador de Bodas de sangre, Yerma y La casa de Bernarda Alba, las tres obras que conforman el ciclo por el que Federico García Lorca ha sido más celebrado como dramaturgo. Una trilogía rural en la que la mujer, el campo andaluz abrasado por el sol y los instintos son los grandes protagonistas que cobran nueva vida en...
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"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
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