Shakespeare uses a specific citation method for his works.All citations are done parenthetically, which means that they appear within the text of your paper.The act, scene and line numbers must be included in the citations of plays.Your reader will know where your quoted material comes from if you format them correctly.
Step 1: Parenthetical citations can be used for Shakespearean works.
Parenthetical citations appear inside regular parentheses in the body of your paper.Shakespeare works are unique in how they are cited.Parenthetical citations appear in the text of your paper.They aren't indicated by an endnote.
Step 2: The citation should be at the end of the passage.
Wait until the very end of the section you are quoting before you include your citation.A dialogue between two characters might be lengthy.The citation comes at the end of the passage.
Step 3: Cite the material in its original form.
If you don't include the original passage in your paper, you still need to tell where the passage came from.The citation should be the same as you would use for a quotation.Quotation marks should not be used for paraphrased material.
Step 4: Go back to the beginning.
A quote from a Shakespearean work can be found in a critique of the play you are writing about.It is possible that the quoted Shakespeare text is what you want to use.In order to properly quote and cite it, you should go back to the original play or sonnet.This will help you understand the meaning of the quote.This quote is from the original source, such as: Much Ado About Nothing.
Step 5: The play's act, scene and line numbers should be included in the citation.
The plays are broken down into acts, scenes and lines.You should give the reader a plan of where to find the quoted material when citing Shakespeare.The numbers should be separated with a period.
Step 6: The play's act and scene are indicated by Arabic or Roman numerals.
The act and scene number can be written in Arabic or Roman numerals.If you want to be consistent with using it, choose one format.The line numbers are written in Arabic.Arabic numbers are preferred by most modern scholars.Write upper-case Roman numerals.The act number is for the play.The scene number should be used with lower-case Roman numerals.For example, (IV.ii.56–57).
Step 7: The ranges of line numbers should be cited correctly.
The quotes correspond to certain lines in the work.You need to include a range of line numbers when you have text that comes from more than one line.Write if the range of line numbers is less than 100.Write if the range of line numbers is over 100.Write 90–104 if the range of line numbers goes from under 100 to over 100.Between the numbers, put an en dash.This dash is not as long as a dash.
Step 8: Don't use page numbers.
Shakespeare works don't require page numbers.There is no consistency on page numbers because the plays have been reproduced in many different formats.When citing text from a Shakespeare play, never refer to page numbers.
Step 9: Shakespeare's name should be included if you're comparing him to another author.
If your paper is only about Shakespeare, you don't need to write about him in the parenthetical citation.If you are comparing two authors, you should indicate the author in the parenthetical citation.Write: (Shakespeare 3.4.40)
Step 10: If necessary, use the name of the play.
There are two plays in your parenthetical citations.You can shorten the title instead of writing the name out completely.You can write a letter for Julius Caesar.For Macbeth.For Romeo and Juliet.This would appear in your paper.1.3.15-20
Step 11: The stage direction line number is indicated.
When citing stage directions in a play, you need to tell the reader where you are drawing them from.Give the line number at the end of your citation if you want to indicate stage directions.The stage direction citation would read: 3.4.40.1.Stage direction is at Line 1 after Line 40.
Step 12: The punctuation needs to be placed correctly.
The placement of the punctuation at the end of a passage depends on the amount of text you quote.You will use quotation marks around the quoted material when you cite fewer than four lines of verse.Follow the parenthetical citation with a period.A block quote is used when you cite four or more lines.The end of the last line will have a period at it.The parenthetical citation should be included.
Step 13: Introduce the speaker.
Unless the verse is from a sonnet, you need to indicate which character is talking.You can introduce the speaker in your own writing, or you can include the character's name in capital letters at the beginning of the verse.For example, if you choose one of the two options, Othello will say, "She lov'd me for the dangers I had passed, and she did pity them."You need to include quotation marks in this option."OthELLO: Upon this hint, I spake: She did pity them, and I had pass'd them"Since this is how the name appears in the text, include quotation marks before naming the character.
Step 14: To separate fewer than four lines of verse, use a forward slash.
The quotation from the text won't be in block form if you cite verse in linear form.There are passages that are less than four lines.If you have more than one line of verse, you should separate them with a space.For example, write "OthELLO: Upon this hint I spake: And she did pity them."If you're quoting prose, you should use a comma instead of a slash.
Step 15: Block quotes can be used for more than one line of verse.
The body of your paper contains longer passages in a block quote.When you have four or more lines of verse, this appears as a set of lines.There is one inch from the left margin.The whole block quote will be different from the rest of the paper.The block quotes one inch from the left-hand margin.There are quotation marks.Block quotes are different from the rest of your text.You don't need to use quotation marks to set them apart.I woo'd Hippolyta with my sword, and won her love, doing thee injuries, but I will wed her in another key.(1.1.19–22)
Step 16: The original verse should be preserved in a block quote.
Break each line the same way it was broken in the original.The line breaks don't need to be preserved if you are quoting prose.The publication in which the work appears will have an effect on these.
Step 17: Dialogue between two people should be format correctly.
If you want to quote dialogue between two or more characters, format it as a block quote.The first character's name should be included in capital letters on the first line.The name should be followed with a period.Start the character's dialogue by adding a space.If you need to start a new line, put an extra 14 inch from the left margin.When another character is speaking, start a new line.Follow this character with a period if you put his name in capital letters.Start the character's dialogue by adding a space.At the end of the dialogue block, include the parenthetical citation.For example, HAMLET.By the rood, not so: You are the queen and my mother.QUEEN.I'll give those to you that can speak.(3.4.14-17)
Step 18: You should include the publications that you used.
You should include a page with your paper.You can find the published material that you used to write your paper on this page.This might include a collection of Shakespeare's works, a single volume with one play, or an anthology of several different authors' works.The works cited page may be called a "bibliography" or "references" page depending on the citation style.You should list the play that you are citing.The publication in which the play appears is what you need to indicate.Take the works cited page and put them in alphabetical order.There is a sample entry for an anthology.The comedy of errors is in the anthology.Ed.Greg Walker.Oxford, UK: Oxford U P.721-721.Print.There is a sample entry for a collection of works by William Shakespeare.Poems and sonnets written by William Shakespeare.New York: Doubleday.Print.Shakespeare, William is a sample entry.There are two people, Romeo and Juliet.Ed.There is a man named Jill L. Levenson.Oxford U P was in New York.There is a sample entry for Hamlet.By William Shakespeare.There is a dir.They are Dominic Dromgoole and Bill Buckhurs.Shakespeare's Globe is in London.April 25, 2014).Performance.
Step 19: Follow the format.
Depending on the requirements of your class and your preferences, you can use one of several formats.In terms of format, each style is slightly different.You should follow one style for your paper.
Step 20: The works cited page is the final page of your paper.
The works cited page starts after your essay.The title of this page is "Works Cited" with the words at the top.Align the entries on the left.