ANTHONY DAVIES

Explanatory notes and guidance to help students understand Shakespeare's plays. Julius Caesar continually reflects Shakespeare's sense of theatre. The dramatic action constantly involves individual characters speaking and performing to other individuals or to gatherings. This Guide will help you to see that although the play is deeply rooted in the preoccupations of Elizabethan England, it remains sharply relevant in its dramatisation of power and authority.These guides help students to evaluate the historical, social and cultural contexts for a broader understanding of Shakespeares plays. The content of each book in the series follows the pattern of an introduction; detailed running commentary on the text; insight into historical, social and cultural contexts; analysis of the language; an overview of critical approaches and different interpretations; essay-writing tips and lists of recommended resources. The first Shakespeare A Level study guide series to be published since the major changes to A Levels Rex Gibson as series editor Complements the play editions of both Cambridge School Shakespeare and New Cambridge Shakespeare or any other edition