CliffsNotes Films

CliffsNotes Films
For more than 50 years, students in need have turned to CliffsNotes for an organized, abridged way to learn faster and more efficiently. Now, as an extension to the yellow and black study guides, CliffsNotes Films reinvents the fastest way to learn with a new hip, irreverent, animated video series featuring Cliff. Come study the classics and leave with basic knowledge of the plots, themes, characters, and the confidence to pass the test.
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Oct 3rd 2011 11:39PM
Theseus (the Duke of Athens) announces he will marry Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons in four days. He hears Egeus' complaint that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry his chosen suitor, Demetrius, since she's in love with Lysander, who Egeus dislikes. ... Read More
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Oct 3rd 2011 11:38PM
The action begins in February 44 BC. Julius Caesar has just reentered Rome in triumph after a victory in Spain over the sons of his old enemy, Pompey the Great. A spontaneous celebration has interrupted and been broken up by Flavius and Marullus, two ... Read More
Othello

Othello

Oct 3rd 2011 11:37PM
Othello opens in the stately city of Venice, a worldwide hub for trade and commerce. The first characters introduced are Iago, an ensign denied promotion by Othello, and Roderigo, a jealous ex-suitor of Desdemona. The two are in route to describing to ... Read More
Macbeth

Macbeth

Oct 3rd 2011 11:36PM
The play opens with Macbeth and Banquo, two of the Scottish King Duncan's generals returning from battle when they encounter three witches in the woods. The witches tell Macbeth of how he will become the Thane of Cawdor and then the King of Scotland. For ... Read More
Hamlet

Hamlet

Oct 3rd 2011 11:36PM
Hamlet is the son of the late King Hamlet (of Denmark), who died two months before the start of the play. After King Hamlet's death, his brother, Claudius, becomes king, and marries King Hamlet's widow, Gertrude (Queen of Denmark). Young Hamlet fears that ... Read More
A Midsummer Night's Dream Lecture #1: Classes

A Midsummer Night's Dream Lecture #1: Classes

Oct 3rd 2011 11:33PM
Director of the American Globe and Shakespearian expert, John Basil talks about the 'Classes' theme in a A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... Read More
A Midsummer Night's Dream Lecture #2: Dreams

A Midsummer Night's Dream Lecture #2: Dreams

Oct 3rd 2011 11:32PM
Director of the American Globe and Shakespearian expert, John Basil talks about the 'Dreams' theme in a A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... Read More
A Midsummer Night's Dream Lecture #3: Transformation

A Midsummer Night's Dream Lecture #3: Transformation

Oct 3rd 2011 11:31PM
Director of the American Globe and Shakespearian expert, John Basil talks about the 'Transformation' theme in a A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... Read More
A Midsummer Night's Dream Essay

A Midsummer Night's Dream Essay

Oct 3rd 2011 11:30PM
Imagining Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream As Lysander tells Hermia, the course of true love never did run smooth. Often swift, short, and brief, love is besieged by class differences, by age differences, by war, by death, and by sickness. ... Read More
A Midsummer Night's Dream Character List

A Midsummer Night's Dream Character List

Oct 3rd 2011 11:30PM
Peter Quince A carpenter and the director of the group of actors who perform "Pyramus and Thisbe," which he has written for the celebration following Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. ... Read More
Famous Quotes From A Midsummer Night's Dream

Famous Quotes From A Midsummer Night's Dream

Oct 3rd 2011 11:30PM
"The course of true love never did run smooth." (Act I, Scene I) ... Read More
Othello Lecture #1: Jealousy

Othello Lecture #1: Jealousy

Oct 3rd 2011 10:35PM
Director of the American Globe and Shakespearian expert, John Basil talks about Othello's 'Jealousy' theme ... Read More