painting of a woman reading a note "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel!"
—William Shakespeare, from Hamlet

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Table of Contents

PART 1: LOVERS AND THEIR LINES
Comparing Literary Works
Edmund Spenser Sonnet 1 Poem 236
Sonnet 35 Poem 237
Sonnet 75 Poem 238
Sir Philip Sidney Sonnet 31 Poem 239
Sonnet 39 Poem 240
Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Poem 245
Sir Walter Raleigh The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd Poem 245
Comparing Literary Works
William Shakespeare Sonnet 29 Poem 252
Sonnet 106 Poem 254
Sonnet 116 Poem 255
Sonnet 130 Poem 256


PART 2: THE INFLUENCE OF THE MONARCHY
Comparing Literary Works
Sir Thomas More from Utopia Fiction 266
Queen Elizabeth I from Speech Before Her Troops Speech 268
Comparing Literary Works
Commissioned by King James from The King James Bible:
Psalm 23 Scripture 276
from the Sermon on the Mount Scripture 278
The Parable of the Prodigal Son Scripture 279


PART 3: FOCUS ON LITERARY FORMS: DRAMA
William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth
Act I Drama 300
Act II Drama 321
Act III Drama 337
Act IV Drama 355
Act V Drama 375