A short article looking at the ways in which Shakespeare has been portrayed in the film 'Shakespeare in Love,' and in Oscar Wilde's story, 'The Portrait of Mr. W.H.' This would be particularly useful for encouraging students to think about issues of gender and sexuality across a range of Shakespeare's plays. Extracts from this article can usefully be used to initiate a classroom discussion. Students can also seek to use the opinions in the essay to justify their own ideas in discussion. Printed copies of the article can be cut up and re-ordered to work on essay planning skills. The article could also be given to students without an opening and a closing paragraph, and students asked to write their own.

Common Core

RL.11-12.7 W.9-10.9.a