This refresher reference volume features concise character and plot summaries for 12 of Shakespeares bestknown plays drawn from the SparkNotes website and illustrated with colorful infographics Each of the 12 chapters in this volume runs 6 to 8 pages of text taken from the SparkNotes website and is illustrated with colorful infographics for easy consumption The 12 plays featuredsix comedies and six tragediesare among the most famous and most taught of Shakespeares dramas including Hamlet King Lear Macbeth Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Merchant of Venice Othello and Julius Caesar