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Othello (Chinese-English Bilingual Collector's Edition)
"Othello" is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. Othello is a brave general in the Principality of Venice. He fell in love with Desdemona, the senator's daughter. But because he was black, the marriage was not allowed. The two had to get married privately. Othello has a sinister flag officer, Iago, who wants to get rid of Othello. He first informed the senator, but unexpectedly led to their marriage. He also provoked the relationship between Othello and Desdemona, saying that Cassio, anot
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King Lear (Chinese-English Bilingual Collector's Edition)
"King Lear" is a play written by Shakespeare and is one of his four major tragedies. The story comes from an ancient British legend. It tells the story of the elderly King Lear who abdicated and was driven into the wilderness by his eldest and second daughters. The third daughter, who became the Queen of France, led an army to save her father, but was killed. King Lear died sadly beside her.
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Hamlet (One of the Top Ten Literary Masterpieces in the World)
"Hamlet" contains Shakespeare's four most famous tragedies: "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". In order to avenge his father, Hamlet found that "the whole era was out of joint", and decided to take up the responsibility of "restoring the world". The result was that his ambition was empty and he was unable to recover. Othello is an upright and honest man who trusts people but hates evil as much as he hates evil. He killed his wife and himself under the influence of an adulterer. In p
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Shakespeare's Tragedies
"Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth" are the four most famous tragedies of Shakespeare, known as the "Four Great Tragedies" in history. It mainly reveals the contradiction between ideal and reality and the disillusionment of ideals. The contradiction between humanistic ideals and the evil forces of real society constitutes a dramatic conflict. The play creates a group of characters with humanistic ideals and describes their tragic struggles, destruction and moral strength against evil
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Hamlet (Chinese-English Bilingual Collector's Edition)
"Hamlet" is the pinnacle of Shakespeare's tragedies and one of his four major tragedies. It has reached unprecedented depth and breadth in ideological content, profoundly revealing the sins and essential characteristics of late feudal society. Based on an ancient Danish myth from 1200 AD, it tells the story of a Danish prince who pretended to be crazy in order to avenge his uncle who killed his father, married his mother and usurped the throne. After being tortured, he finally took his revenge.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chinese-English Bilingual Collector's Edition)
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a relatively mature comedy work by the British playwright William Shakespeare in his youth. It is also one of William Shakespeare's most famous comedies. It tells a love story in which lovers finally get married. This play has had a huge influence on the history of world literature, especially the history of drama. Later generations adapted it into movies, stories, games, paintings, etc.
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Much Ado About Nothing (Chinese-English Bilingual Collector's Edition)
"Much Ado About Nothing" is one of the four comedies by the British playwright William Shakespeare. Written in 1598-1599, it was the most mature period of Shakespeare's comedy writing. Several clues are cleverly interspersed in the play, the most fascinating being the love affair between Benedick and Beatrice. They vowed to be single at first, ridiculed each other, and refused to give in. In the end, they fell in love with each other and became a perfect union. The content is lively, joyful and
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Shakespeare Sonnets
This book is Shakespeare's last non-drama work during his lifetime. It is a collection of short and concise lyric poems, containing a total of 154 sonnets. The poem takes truth, goodness and beauty as its theme. The content is roughly divided into two parts. One part is written to a young man, and the other part is written to a woman. It highlights the poet's exploration of the nature of love, sex, life and death.
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Romeo and Juliet (Chinese-English Bilingual Collector's Edition)
"Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by the British playwright William Shakespeare. The play describes how Romeo, the son of Montague, and Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, fell in love at first sight. In order to pursue free love, they dared to ignore family feuds and even died for love. "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy with romantic lyricism, and it is also an ode to advocating freedom, equality, and marital autonomy.
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