Newest in Barronas growing " Picture This Shakespeare Series " is the immortal tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, who seeks to avenge the death of his father. Each title in this series introduces a Shakespeare play to beginning students in a highly original graphic-novel format, which is supplemented with substantial excerpts from Shakespeareas original dialogue. Also presented are thumbnail sketches of the playas main characters and a succinct plot summary that explains the playas main themes and meanings. Students who feel overwhelmed by the original Shakespeare texts can use titles in this series as an important first step in understanding these literary masterpieces. Supplementing every " Picture This Shakespeare " student edition is a teacheras resource guide that suggests topics for classroom discussion and presents enlightening activities intended to fulfill the needs of a multi-skill-level classroom environment.