A Shakespearean Lesson
00:00 - 02:10
2m 10s

Edvard helps Paige uncover the deeper meaning to Shakespeare's Sonnet 148. He teaches her that, through connotation and denotation, the poem's words can represent many different concepts depending on how the reader interprets it.

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