The Dead White Dude: AKA William Shakespeare's Othello
The Dead White Dude
AKA William Shakespeare
Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets (a play every 1.5 years of his career). Shakespeare performed before Queen Elizabeth I and later before James I who was an enthusiastic patron of his work. The motto of the Globe Theatre was all the world’s a stage. The Bard coined the phrase, “the beast with two backs” meaning intercourse in his play Othello.
Shakespeare is considered to have made more contributions to the English language more than any other source.
He used 17 677 words of which he created 1 700 words. Assignation
Amazement
Bloody
Bump
Critic
Eventful
Generous
Invulnerable
Laughable
Majestic
Road
Spark
Submerge
Suspicious
Once more into the breach
Break the ice
Clothes make the man
Every dog will have his day
Fair play
Heart of gold
Its Greek to me
Mind’s eye
The course of true love never did run smooth
Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
Do You Agree? Has human nature remained the same? What 20th century situations and problems could not be presented in Shakespeare? I believe there are many reasons to believe that Shakespeare is still relevant today, but that doesn’t necessary mean that human nature has remained the same. Today, we are much more accepting of one another than back in the Elizabethan Era. When one does one not socially acceptable in public, we do not banish them or send them to their death. If one does not please us, we do through away their hopes and dreams, and end their career. What we do do is care for one another and give them respect. Sure, our nature for feeling emotions and how they might make us react have remained the same, but that is a natural aspect of being human; we have emotions and emotions take effect on us, though how we deal with those emotions and how we treat the others that influence us have changed. There are many 20th century situations and problems that could not be presented in Shakespeare, but not so much as a situation, but how the situation flows out and takes place. We have a more modern way of dealing with conflicts, rather than sending one another to their death. We use our technology and knowledge and our modern laws. I believe that humans are still the same, but in a very different way.
AKA William Shakespeare
Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets (a play every 1.5 years of his career). Shakespeare performed before Queen Elizabeth I and later before James I who was an enthusiastic patron of his work. The motto of the Globe Theatre was all the world’s a stage. The Bard coined the phrase, “the beast with two backs” meaning intercourse in his play Othello.
Shakespeare is considered to have made more contributions to the English language more than any other source.
He used 17 677 words of which he created 1 700 words. Assignation
Amazement
Bloody
Bump
Critic
Eventful
Generous
Invulnerable
Laughable
Majestic
Road
Spark
Submerge
Suspicious
Once more into the breach
Break the ice
Clothes make the man
Every dog will have his day
Fair play
Heart of gold
Its Greek to me
Mind’s eye
The course of true love never did run smooth
Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
Do You Agree? Has human nature remained the same? What 20th century situations and problems could not be presented in Shakespeare? I believe there are many reasons to believe that Shakespeare is still relevant today, but that doesn’t necessary mean that human nature has remained the same. Today, we are much more accepting of one another than back in the Elizabethan Era. When one does one not socially acceptable in public, we do not banish them or send them to their death. If one does not please us, we do through away their hopes and dreams, and end their career. What we do do is care for one another and give them respect. Sure, our nature for feeling emotions and how they might make us react have remained the same, but that is a natural aspect of being human; we have emotions and emotions take effect on us, though how we deal with those emotions and how we treat the others that influence us have changed. There are many 20th century situations and problems that could not be presented in Shakespeare, but not so much as a situation, but how the situation flows out and takes place. We have a more modern way of dealing with conflicts, rather than sending one another to their death. We use our technology and knowledge and our modern laws. I believe that humans are still the same, but in a very different way.