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Mary Shelley, her husband, and another couple were vacationing in Switzerland when they got snowed in. To pass the time, they decided to have a contest. Each of them would write a horror tale. At the end of the weekend, everyone agreed that Mary’s story was the best. Shortly thereafter, the short book was published and, as they say, “the rest is history.”

It is very rare for a student to take Literature courses at the college level without being asked to write about two Shakespearean plays. The first is Romeo and Juliet. The second is Macbeth. The reason for this is simple. Most scholars see these two works as Shakespeare's flagship tragedies. This is in large part due to the fact that these plays have elements and themes in them that are still relevant today.