For hundreds of years Shakespeare has delighted readers and audiences with his wit and wisdom. He is known as the greatest poet the world has yet produced and yet his identity is shrouded in much speculation. This course leaves that speculation to the critics and focuses on three of his plays. Shakespeare's works may be divided into three genres: comedy, tragedy, and history. In this course students engage in an in-depth analysis of one each: Henry VIII, Hamlet, and Taming of the Shrew. Students read the play itself and an insightful commentary from a Christian perspective by Peter Leithart, taken from his Brightest Heaven of Invention - A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays.