http://www.spinne.com/shakespeare/
The title of this page is "Selected Shakespeare Plays,"
and the main disadvantage to this page is exactly what the title implies:
it shows only selected works of Shakespeare. However, it does include
nineteen of them, and covers the major plays analyzed today. An advantage
to this page is that it has a very simple linear structure, showing links
to the full texts, as well as scene-by-scene synopsis, scene-by-scene commentary,
and even study questions to help better understand the text.
http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/
This page is entitled, "Mr. William Shakespeare and the
Internet." This web page is designed for people who are true scholars
of Shakespeare's works. Not to say that you should not explore this
page for general information on Shakespeare, but this particular site has
an enormous mass of information on William Shakespeare. It includes
criticism, all different editions of the text, background information on
Elizabethian times, different aspects of theater in general, and etc.
This page is formatted well, but it can be a little too overwhelming for
the average internet cruiser.
http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html
This web page is probably the most creative, because of
the way it is formatted; if you access it, you will see what I mean.
It does include all Shakespeare works, and divides them sensibly into four
categories: comedy, tragedy, history, and poetry. It does not
include any kind of criticism, or other helpful areas of interest, but
it does have links to some of these categories. The major disadvantage
of this web site is that it is usually slow, and occassionally unable to
locate the full text of some of the works.
http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Document/shake.dic
This site, "Shakespearian Glossary,"
is an extensive glossary of every confusing or ambiguous word one may have
read in a Shakespeare text. It is straightforward, and linear, so
there is no confusion, but it provides no other information or links about
Shakespeare. However, it serves its purpose, which is only to provide
short definitions to just about any word that one may not understand.
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
This web page, probably done by a student at M.I.T, is
entitled, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare." It is structured
well, with a table that includes the texts of all comedies, tragedies,
poetry, and history. One important advantage to this site is that
along with the texts of the plays, there is a built in glossary of their
own. So while you are reading through it, there are links to any
possible confusing words or phrases. It does not include any critical
analysis of the plays, or any other research of Shakespeare. The
main disadvantage that I found in this site is that it took a long time
to go from one link to another.
http://www.ke.com.au/cgi-bin/texhtml?form=Shake
This site, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,"
was made by KE Software, and I found it to be extremely helpful.
It includes only the full texts of all of William Shakespeare's plays,
but it is set up quite effectively. It has a built in search engine;
for example, you could type in a famous line, or a reoccurring theme in
Shakespeare's works, and it will go directly to it. Also, it was
the quickest of all the sites that I analyzed. I found two minor
disadvantages to this site: it is limited only to the texts, and it does
not include any of Shakespeare's poetry.
http://www.gh.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/index.html
Overall, "The Works of the Bard," may be the best
web site to find the texts of all of William Shakespeare's works.
It is simply structured including all tragedies, comedies, histories, and
poetry. In fact it actually provides links to two other versions
of each of the plays. Another major advantage to this site is it
has its own glossary; however, it is separate from the text, so one can
not link straight to the definitions while you are reading. It has
its own search engine like the proceeding site, and it runs rather quickly.
Finally, it provides helpful links to other major Shakespeare web sites
at the bottom of the page.
http://www.non.com/books/Shakespeare_William_b.html
The main reason I included this web site, entitled
"William Shakespeare-Biographies" was to have some reference to the life
of Shakespeare. You will find this site does not include an actual
biography, but an enormous list of books published on William Shakespeare.
The reason I picked this is because there are many biographies on the web,
most of them short and incomplete. Therefore, this provides the titles
of any books you may want to find for more information on William Shakespeare.