To Be or Not to Be--: --And Everything Else You Should Know from Shakespeare

As well as chapters on everyday words and phrases we owe to Shakespeare (eg. good-riddance and bedazzled), common quotes and misquotations such as 'gild the lily', this little volume provides a refresher course on the Bard, with an outline of his life, synopses of all the plays, a glossary of major characters, a chapter on the sonnets and a handy guide to iambic pentameter.