William Shakespeare's Legacy
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights and authors to ever live. He wrote at east 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and a couple other short stories, books, and tales. He is credited with revolutionizing the English language and coining lots of common words that we still use today. Shakespeare was blessed with an extraordinary intellect, amazing wit, and a mystifying imagination. William Shakespeare’s life was filled with fame, trial, reward, and hard work, and his the legacy that was left behind is a mesmerizing example of this with the language change, the literature and writing evolution, and even social manner growing to get accustomed to his vision and writing.
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“In the 19th Century, Shakespeare became an important emblem of national pride, used to spread the influence of British imperial power. Taught in schools across the Empire, Shakespeare's work helped to imbue a sense of cultural patriotism in the Empire’s subjects. In 1841 Thomas Carlyle described him as a “real, marketable, tangibly useful possession.’” (bbc.co.uk) Shakespeare’s plays started to get lots more fame outside of England after his death and after England started making them a big deal. He was taught as a famous writer even though he had died but because his fame was still increasing his presence could still be felt in the peoples’ everyday lives. “Many may not even know that it was him who invented or coined these words. Literally there are thousands of words that Shakespeare invented that we still use today...William Shakespeare has knowledge of seven languages and usually made direct quotes in other languages directly in the plays that he wrote. It is incredible that he had a vocabulary of 24,000 words, the most for any writer, then and now.” (daytranslations.com). Shakespeare coined many common words that we still use today like eyeball, laughable, manager, uncomfortable, and bedazzled. He changed the english language way of writing and creating new words, and we still use his ways today. William Shakespeare's legacy that he left for the english language, and society is only matched by very few people to ever
The life of William Shakespeare has been recorded by lots of different …show more content…
“In the 19th Century, Shakespeare became an important emblem of national pride, used to spread the influence of British imperial power. Taught in schools across the Empire, Shakespeare's work helped to imbue a sense of cultural patriotism in the Empire’s subjects. In 1841 Thomas Carlyle described him as a “real, marketable, tangibly useful possession.’” (bbc.co.uk) Shakespeare’s plays started to get lots more fame outside of England after his death and after England started making them a big deal. He was taught as a famous writer even though he had died but because his fame was still increasing his presence could still be felt in the peoples’ everyday lives. “Many may not even know that it was him who invented or coined these words. Literally there are thousands of words that Shakespeare invented that we still use today...William Shakespeare has knowledge of seven languages and usually made direct quotes in other languages directly in the plays that he wrote. It is incredible that he had a vocabulary of 24,000 words, the most for any writer, then and now.” (daytranslations.com). Shakespeare coined many common words that we still use today like eyeball, laughable, manager, uncomfortable, and bedazzled. He changed the english language way of writing and creating new words, and we still use his ways today. William Shakespeare's legacy that he left for the english language, and society is only matched by very few people to ever