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This is a collection of stories that speak about of negative effects tha power could have. Shakespeare was afraif od pagiarism, so he didn't published his plays. After his death, his company decided to write them down in the First Folio

• Richard III
• Henry V
• Julius Caesar
• Hamlet

Shakespeare

Ex 1

1. From the Baptism
2. Because he was the patreon
3. The theaters were closed
4. a collection of shakespeare's plays
5. Added a lot of words and expressions

Richard III

Part I

Before you read

Ex 2

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. B

Ex 3

1. Richard and the princes
2. How to get the power
3. They'll die

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. D

Ex 2

1. A ring was slipped by Richard on Lady Anne's finger.
2. Clarence was drown in a barrel of wine by two men.
3. A letter was sent to the Tower of London by King Edward for forgiving his brother.
4. The princes were taken to the Tower of London by Richard
5. The friend Buckingham was sent by Richard to speak to the cardinal.
6. A cunning plan to accuse Hasting of treason was used by Richard.

Ex 3

1. die. the other are synonyms
2. mad, the other are synonyms
3. feared, be afraid
4. comfort is the opposite
5. joke, the other are scams
6. quickly, with speed, the other mean a calm mood
7. agree, the other are wars of words

Ex 4

0. its
1. in
2. with -> to
3. known
4. was
5. by
6. never
7. -> though "anche se"
8. in
9. were
10. of
11. the
12. where

Ex 5

1. No, every culture has is values, and the history slowly changes this values. Like slaves in the Roman Empire was normal, today is a very bad thing.
2. Following this cultural values.
3. Yes, I think that this is a block of the mind, everyone think only with his brain, but everyone need to think also with his "heart", getting into other's clothes.
4. Yes, it's a very hard work.
5. My personal values are that I have to do the better of myself in everything I do, although is very hard, and I don't want to make the others suffer.
6. Peace and freedom.

Internet Project

Part 1

1. It has been made in 1996
2. It was directed by Al Pacino
3. Winona Ryder

Part 2

1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
6. T

Part II

Before you read

Ex 1

1. E
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A

Ex 2

1. In a tent
2. He's doing a nightmare
3. Two faces
4. Something angrly

Ex 3

1. believe
2. princes
3. king
4. crown
5. alive
6. test
7. nephews

The text and beyond

Ex 1

0. d
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. a
6. d
7. d
8. a
9. c
10. d

Ex 2

1. Civil
2. Peace
3. throne
4. physical
5. villain
6. murdered
7. blames
8. wit
9. ill
10. heirs
11. murderer
12. crowned
13. niece
14. gathers
15. curse

Ex 3

1. Motive
2. Indecisive
3. payment
4. ready
5. news
6. escape
7. oppression

Ex 4

1. the duches
2. Richmond
3. Buckingham
4. the little principles
5. King Edward IV
6. Clarence
7. Elizabeth

Ex 5

Uncle Richard's castle looked dark and frightening. I wondered what a weekend staying with him would be like. the door opened and inside I saw a big lavish room, with a lot of paintings on the wall. In the front of the door there was a sumptuous staircase, with a golden handrail. Around the castle, there was hundreds of rooms, with hundreds of servants that was running in all directions doing their work. The one with the trays for the dinner, other ones with carafe, other with red embroided bed sheets. at every door there was two guards, and my uncle was followed by four guards. Everyone hated him, and for the fear he was spending a lot of money for his bodyguards, that was being payed so they won't betray him. The garden behind the castle was huge, full of plants and flowers. It wasn't visible from the outside of the castle. It could beat Versailles. The castle was enclosed by big dark ramparts, the outside looked dark, but only the outside, like my uncle, that showed him as a terrible pearson, but inside he have a golden heart (he also didn't realized that).

The influences on shakespeare's plays

1. Politics, classic culture and Machiavelli
2. He loved theaters and his plays
3. Ovid
4. By his work "il principe"
5. Richard III

Henry V

Part I

Before you read

Ex 2

1. Prince Hal
2. twenty-five
3. intelligent
4. money
5. fight
6. tennis balls
7. war

Ex 3

1. C
2. E
3. A
4. F
5. D
6. B

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. B
2. B (not from female)
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. A

Ex 2

A

Verb	Noun	Adjective
explain	explaination -> explanation	explainable
advidse	advice	advisable
prepare	preparation	preparatory
agree	agreement	agreeable
apologise	apology	apologetic
remind	reminder	reminescent
inspire	inspiration	inspired

B

0. explaination (explain)
1. advice (advise)
2. agreement (agree)
3. preparations (prepare)
4. reminded (remind)
5. apology (apologise)
6. inspired (inspire)

Ex 3

1. France is the place where there was Salic law.
2. The Dauphin is the person who laughs at henry's claim on the French throne.
3. The Black Prince is the relative who beat the French at the battle of Crécy.
4. The Boar's Head Tavern is where King Henry's old friends met.
5. These are the tennis balls wich the Dauphin sent me.

Ex 4

1. E, who
2. C, where
3. F, wich
4. B, whose
5. A, who

Ex 5

1. When I was a child I was a little overweight and I had a bob haircut
2. I was shy and insucure, I often isolated myself and I was often bullied
3. I had a big table, on this table I was used to put a carpet with a drawn city. I was used to put some lego set on the street side, and with a wooden train I used to build a rail around the table.
4. Actually I'm at home.
5. I liked a lot going around my home with my bike, especially in the mud.
6. Yes, only one, one of my classmates of the middle school

Ex 6

A

wild, brave, viruous, strong, afraid, coward, talkative, worried

1. ...virtuous because the responsability had changed him
2. ...worried...he needed to...
3. ...brave....the fighing was violent...
4. ...afraid...they didn't want to die

Ex 7

1. Southampton
2. Harfleur
3. They staied in harfleur 51 days
4. They passed from the cities of Fecamp, Amiens, Nesle and they arrived to Agincourt
5. They arrived in October 25

Ex 8

1. set
2. to stay
3. side
4. were
5. at
6. single
7. meant
8. by
9. their
10. for

Part II

Before you read

Ex 1

1. I think it's about the battle of Agincourt
2. Because he's the kning and this explain the crown
3. They have an armor, a shield and a helmet
4. The french knight will die

Ex 2

2; 6

Ex 3

1. English
2. foggy
3. fight
4. army
5. death
6. stole
7. asleep
8. weak

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. Because he know he shall marry Henry
2. He punished him
3. Because they was 5 times the English army
4. He called them brothers
5. To hide in the common soldiers
6. To a fight
7. St. Crispin
8. No, they lost for their heavy armors
9. Going on the streets when they returned
10. Because it wasn't French's girls custom to kiss before the marriage

Ex 2

1. the Governor of Harfleur
2. Bardolph
3. the Dauphin
4. the Bishop of Ely
5. the French king
6. henry V
7. Williams
8. Katharine

Ex 3

1. D
2. H
3. G
4. B
5. F
6. A
7. C
8. E

Ex 4

1. D
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C

Internet Project

1. 1989
2. Angels and Bermans
3. Montjoy's
4. Ian mckellen
5. Gerard Depardiew
6. He hung in the film

Julius Caesar

Part 1

Before you read

Ex 2

1. Emperor
2. secret
3. celebrate
4. March 15
5. insane
6. afraid
7. noble
8. dangerous

Ex 3

1. carpenter
2. foreign
3. wrong
4. citizens
5. ignore

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D

Ex 2

1. becomes, suffer
2. persuades, join
3. stop, help
4. goes, kill
5. is, convince

Ex 3

1. 85
2. 79
3. younger
4. 48%
5. Pompey
6. east
7. republic
8. 60

Ex 4

1. Probably christmas, I like the enviroment created by the christmas tree, the lights and a big table with a lot of food in the company of my parents and my grandparents
2. The christmas' eve is in the 24th of december, the fest is on 25. Usually there is a lot of decorations and lights, with some symbols of the christian traditions, like the nativity scene.
3. Sometimes i wear a sweater
4. Yes, but make a list of all what i eat in christmas day would be too long. My grandma make me find 2 tables full of things to eat. The most iconic for me is the "cotechino".
5. Yes, a lot, from the beginning of december I start seeing some decorations in the streets. Some years ago I've removed my decorations at the end of February.
6. I love the atmosphere it's created.

Internet Project

Part 1

1. 101 BCE
2. 65 BCE
3. 58 BCE
4. The Pharaoah executed him for Caesar
5. He declared war to the Egypt
6. 44 BCE

Part 2

1. 1953
2. Louis Calhern
3. James Mason
4. Marlon Brando
5. Yes, five nomination and one won

Part 2

Before you read

Ex 1

4

Ex 2

1. Caesar and the killers
2. They are watching Caesar in agony after having stabbed him
3. People that are screaming

Ex 3

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. D

Ex 2

1. defeated
2. triumph
3. ignores
4. powerfull
5. assassinate
6. convinces
7. dream
8. persuade
9. crowd
10. raise
11. honourable
12. noblest

Ex 3

1. C
2. A
3. E
4. D
5. A
6. E
7. F
8. C
9. B
10. G

Ex 4

1. by
2. into
3. the
4. who
5. to
6. them
7. which
8. make
9. gave
10. about
11. from
12. not
13. one

The Dark Side of Shakespeare's Plays

Ex 1

1. B
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. B

Hamlet

Part 1

Before you read

Ex 2

1. C
2. Extra
3. D
4. A
5. B

Ex 3

1. C
2. D
3. F
4. E
5. A
6. B

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. A betrayal of his husband
2. King's Hamlet phantom
3. Because of the desire of another kingdom to invade Denmark
4. That a snake poisoned him (his uncle) to get his wife
5. To the purgatory
6. With poison in the ear
7. Because they were Hamlet's friends
8. To see the expression of his uncle, to understand if he was guilty
9. Because his uncle become white in the face and escaped from the theatre

Ex 2

1. madness. the other are synonyms
2. footsteps. it's a noun
3. murderer is who do the action
4. beckoned is a gesture
5. servant is not connected to the other words
6. disorder, it's a noun

Ex 3

1. servants
2. Footsteps
3. madness
4. murderer
5. beckoned
6. disorder

Ex 4

1. Francisco
2. Gertrude
3. Horatio
4. Hamlet
5. the ghost
6. Ophelia

Ex 5

1. had died
2. was
3. suspected
4. had been
5. spoke
6. had seen
7. had entered
8. poured
9. came
10. had hidden
11. said
12. had gone

Ex 6

1. C
2. F
3. G
4. J
5. I
6. E
7. A
8. H
9. B
10. D

Part 2

Before you read

Ex 1

1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. D

Ex 2

1. It's just an act, it will kill his uncle
2. Yes
3. Yes

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. Because he has the reward of his murder
2. Claudius
3. That's not as bad as his mother
4. Because he didn't want to make Hamlet kill his mother
5. In England by ship
6. To execute him at his arrival to England
7. Pirates
8. Falling into a river and drowning
9. No, the goblet was for Claudius
10. Wounding Claudius

Ex 2

1. death
2. considered
3. performance
4. occurrences
5. appointed
6. beginning
7. repulsion
8. agreement
9. marriage

Ex 3

Dear Harry. Something terrible has happened..., my uncle just killed my father, I don't know what to do... I'm sad, I'd a very good relation with my father. I want to avenge his death but I want to make it very painful. I can make him drown with his car or i can torture him until he can explain and justify what have he done. He need to have a good reason, that an external pearson could say he had just done a good thing. I don't know if Ophelia coul ever do a thing like this, i don't know if i can sopport that. It could become too much...

Ex 4

1. A
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. D
11. B

Ex 5

1. I think it's possibile, but i think we can't see them, we can only interact with them and they can interact with us. I do not think an haunted place can exists, i think it's more like a "spectator mode".
2. Someone made it for joke. Someone who earn for this
3. UFOs that've seen are always only some illusion or somewhat created by the humans.
4. Yes, of that I'm pretty shure, on billion of planets, and billion of them on the same category of the Earth for me it's pretty impossible that there isn't a life form. Probably we can't see them.
5. Yes, an ufo, it was unexplained for some days, but after we read a news about a drone of the airport.

Ex 6

There is no better revenge than don't care about what he did, he will feel neglected.

Ex 7

1. was suspected of killing
2. that he would watch
3. know if the ghost was
4. was growing more and more
5. hamlet's nerves

Ex 8

1. The dark lord of the phoenix order
2. In the 12th century
3. They've ended the salami
4. A parmesan
5. The parmesan bring other salami

Internet Project

Part 1

1. 1996
2. Kate Winslet
3. Julie Christie
4. No, I don't like this type of film

Part 2

1. Mario Petillo
2. It's very positive
3. 1990
4. Mario Petillo's review said that Benedict Cumberbatch's a good performance, describing him as an actor who can act like Hamlet's and show his inner torment. He say that Cumberbatch dominates the scene with his charisma and his ability tho show the drama of the character. The review also highlights the quality of the production and fidelity to Shakespeare's original text.

Machbeth

Part 1

Before you read

Ex 2

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. A

Ex 3

1. braverly
2. heath
3. mortal
4. intrigued
5. meeting

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. C
2. F
3. E
4. B
5. D
6. A

Ex 2

1. was
2. were waiting
3. was reading
4. arrived
5. wanted
6. was having
7. returned
8. was holding
9. was
10. was knocking
11. shouted
12. saw
13. went
14. was sitting

Ex 3

1. hideous
2. brave
3. ruthless
4. uneasy
5. coward
6. evil

Ex 4

1. B
2. A
3. F
4. C
5. E
6. D

Part 2

Before you read

Ex 1

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. A

Ex 2

1. Lady Macbeth
2. Because she seems to have hands covered in bloods
3. Two people that are watching

The text and beyond

Ex 1

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A

Ex 2

1. Lady Macbeth
2. the witches
3. Lady Macbeth
4. Macduff
5. Malcolm
6. Banquo
7. the witches and Duncan

Ex 3

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. I
5. F
6. H
7. B
8. R
9. G

Ex 4

1. I want to speak about Leonardo da Vinci, who was an Italian artist and scientist who lived during the Renaissance period. He was born on April 15, 1452, and died on May 2, 1591.
2. Leonardo is famous for his contributions to art, science, and engineering. Some of his most famous works includes the painting “Mona Lisa” and his numerous sketches and inventions that were ahead for his time.
3. He acieved big accomplishments in the arts, in the sciences, engineering and other
4. He has been the biggest inventor, the newer technologies are inspired to him, remembered after thousand of years.
5. It's not necessary, but's hared without.

Ex 5

Dear organizers, I've recently played your Murder Mystery Weekend and I really enjoied it, but I've a few suggestion to improve it. First, it would be great if the event was aviable all the year, not just in August, this could permits to join to more people. The room was too cold and small, that made him not very comfortable. The food wasn't very good, maybe you can change the menù. The actors were fantastic and really scary! I loved the mountain walks, but the pool was too cold to use.