This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare′s plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life.

-Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespeare′s plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time.

-Focuses on the characters, situations and stories in Shakespeare which are still familiar today.

-Shows how Shakespeare′s plays illustrate some of life′s most familiar stories – love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge

-Makes Shakespeare’s plays accessible to the widest possible audience.