These are three of Shakespeare’s greatest, and most tragic, plays. In each story, the main characters die – cruel Lord Macbeth, unhappy King Lear and the doomed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. The die because they, or others, are weak, greedy or very foolish. But, like real people, they have good qualities and moments of greatness too. Number of words (excluding activities): 15.147 Penguin Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-colour, beautifully illustrated Readers. As well as enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills and consolidate vocabulary, and offers personalised project work. Each book is supported by an interactive CD-ROM which contains additional activities and the complete audio recording. Level 4 – 1700 headwords - Intermediate