Henry Goes to High School

"Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere."
Prince Hal speaks to his enemy, Hotspur, on the battlefield. Act 5, scene 4, line 64.

See my piece,
Henry Goes to
High School

Here is a link to my latest published piece, Henry Goes to High School, in the Spring 2016 edition of the journal "Teaching Shakespeare." It is on the Academia portal (pp. 13-16):
https://www.academia.edu/22286794/Teaching_Shakespeare_9  

If you have difficulty opening that site, you can see an "unofficial" copy posted here (pp. 13-16):
https://doc.co/cSnbwf 

This is evidence of my belief that everything we write can be re-purposed for profit or accolade. The published version is an extract of a paper I wrote for a graduate-level English course on Shakespeare. That class was taught by Dr. Clifford Huffman at SUNY Stony Brook, and I am thankful for his support during and after that fall semester. The paper was submitted to two other journals before this editor, Sarah Olive, accepted it for publication (after requesting revisions to match the periodical's requirements).


The original paper was in response to a question posed in an open online Internet forum asking, “Why do people hate Shakespeare?” My answer is that the usual plays taught in high school (like Romeo and Juliet) should be replaced with something more likely to grab students’ interest. We know that young readers are interested in trilogies, such as Lord of the Rings. These texts include a buddy-movie relationship, action, comedy, and the personal growth of the central hero. These are the key components of the Henry plays, from Henry IV part I, Henry IV part II, and into HenryV.

See my piece,
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So, I propose that Henry Goes to High School, in the Spring 2016 edition of the journal "Teaching Shakespeare." It is on the Academia portal (pp. 13-16):
https://www.academia.edu/22286794/Teaching_Shakespeare_9.