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Question 1

What is the story behind the book “More Tales From Shakespeare” ?

Answer 1

-In 1807 Charles Lamb and his sister Mary Lamb were asked by their good friend,William Godwin
(for children to understand easily)
-as an introduction to Shakespeare for readers who were too young to read the plays themselves, and not as a replacement

Question 2

For which group was it mainly written?

Answer 2

-It was suggested that girls in particular, who would not in those days be able to use libraries as freely as their brothers, would profit from them

Question 3

Importance of moral tale in the nineteenth century?

Answer 3

• moral tale was an important form of literature for children; stories were used mainly to teach children the difference between right and wrong
• This affected the way the Lambs wrote the stories: the characters are shown as either good or bad in a way that is not so obvious in the plays, and the moral at the end of each story is very clear

Question 4

How was the original story changed?

Answer 4

• use Shakespeare’s own words to retell the stories, but the language is made easier for the young reader
• some of the stories have also been made less complicated, with fewer characters than the original

Question 5

Who wrote what?

Answer 5

• the Taming of the Shrew is a comedy of character, and one of the first plays that Shakespeare wrote
• > It is called a comedy because the ending is happy, but the characters go through much pain and sorrow before that ending is reached
• The Winter’s Tale was almost his last play
• These two stories were written by Mary Lamb.