Shakespeare In Bits: Romeo and Juliet

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This resource is provided for personal use only. It must not be used for whole-class instruction via whiteboard or projector, unless every student in the class also has their own digital copy.

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Fall in love with Shakespeare’s timeless story of love, vengeance and tragedy - Romeo & Juliet - in full multi-media magnificence on your Mac.

Featuring the voice talents of Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen, along with nearly three hours of engaging animation and unabridged text, Shakespeare In Bits Romeo & Juliet promises to engage the mind and render the hearts of all who view, read and listen to it.

The ultimate study guide, this is everything you will ever need to learn, teach and appreciate one of the most enduring plays of all time.

Experience Shakespeare in all his glory

Completely unabridged

Understand and appreciate the linguistic richness of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet with the original play text, broken into easily digested ‘bits’. In-line translation helps to understand difficult words and phrases within the context of the original play text.

Hear it, See it, Read it

Two-and-a-half hours of high-resolution animation with professional audio soundtrack helps you to decode and comprehend Shakespeare’s fertile prose quickly and efficiently. The text, presented side-by-side with animated action, is easy to follow with portions of text being highlighted as they are being spoken in the play. The integrated combination of text, audio and graphics is designed to facilitate learners of varying abilities and learning styles.

Character Building

Biographies for each cast character can be accessed from the main play or through a dedicated Cast feature. An illustrated character relationship map demonstrates key characters and their inter-relationships in the play.

Ace that Exam

Each Shakespeare In Bits title provides a wide selection of integrated analyses and study notes for each scene to help you understand plot summaries, key themes, language, imagery and quotes from the play. An easy-to-navigate visual scene selection menu is also provided to help you to quickly get familiar with the play’s sequence of events or to jump to your scene of choice.

Also available: Shakespeare In Bits: Macbeth and Shakespeare In Bits: A Midsummer Nights Dream.

Product Features:

- The unabridged original play text, broken into easily digested ‘bits’

- Complete notes, summaries, and analyses for each section

- A unique in-line translation system for obscure words and phrases.

- Nearly three hours of animation, featuring the voices of Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, and Fiona Shaw. (Audio provided by Naxos Audiobooks )

- Biographies for each character, accessed from the main play or through the cast browser

- A character relationship map, demonstrating key relationships in the play.

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An iPad edition of this title is also available from the App Store.

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"Shakespeare In Bits: Macbeth" and "Shakespeare In Bits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream" also available now on the App Store and the Mac App Store