WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: An overview of his life and works Submitted to :- Ms. JYOTI HERMIT Submitted by:- TANISHA GUPTA Course :- BJMC (ASCO) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : AN OVERVIEW OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS CHILDHOOD William Shakespeare was born on April 26‚ 1564. William Shakespeare was the
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Cleopatra VII was born around 69 B.C‚ to Ptolemy XII and she came from a long line of descendant Ptolemaic kings. Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica “She became queen on the death of her father‚ Ptolemy XII‚ in 51 B.C. and ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and her son Ptolemy XV Caesar (44–30).” (Cleopatra). After Cleopatra father’s death‚ she and her brother Ptolemy XIII married because the throne was passed down to him. Later her brother Ptolemy
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Lawrence Introduction to Humanities 7 July 2014 Cleopatra Hardly any personalities from the Hellenistic period (323 BC – 31 BC) are as renowned as Cleopatra VII (69 BC – 30 BC)‚ the Egyptian queen. The focus of a wide array of Western historical texts‚ music‚ poems‚ literature‚ and arts‚ Cleopatra has been widely portrayed as a Queen who ruled her subjects and her Roman lovers through sex and gender. Despite such portrayals‚ very little is known about Cleopatra and there are doubts among historians that
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Plutarch and Octavian both write damning accounts concerning the behavior and actions of Marc Antony and his lover Cleopatra. While Plutarch appears to take a more objective approach‚ Octavian sets out to condemn the former general and the Egyptian Queen. He declares that Cleopatra is everything a woman of nobility should not be and the soul reason Antony has gone so far astray. Octavian goes on to label Antony as “either irrational or insane” when referring to the mental state of the former roman general
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William Shakespeare (April 23rd 1564 – April 23rd 1616) Little is known about ‘ the morning star’ of English literature . He was born on the 23rd of April 1564 in Stratfordupon-Avon as the son of a glove dealer. He studied for 5 years at Stratford grammar school ( as written in the village documents) . At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway and they had 3 children : a daughter ‚ Susanna ‚ and two twins (Hamnet and Judith). Hamnet died at the age of 11 .In 1585- at the age of 21- Shakespeare left
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A tragedy is a drama or writing piece in which the main character is brought to a situation that will cause much pain to the life of the character. A tragedy is a narrative that portrays calamitous events and has an unhappy but meaningful ending. Many people like tragedies because they are loved and wanted by so many people. Take for example Shakespeare he is famous for his many tragedies. The reason why he wrote so many was because people liked them a lot‚ just like today. Also many people like
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SEMINAR ANTONY & CLEOPATRA AND ALL FOR LOVE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY Introduction:- The following study is based on the plays Antony and Cleopatra which is written by William Shakespeare and All for Love which is written by John Dryden. Both writers are the most prominent playwrights in the history of English literature. We can see that both writers through their respective works have focused on the relationship between two prominent characters
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that the world remains to be against them tend to make certain decisions. William Shakespeare wrote the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In Act 2‚ Scene 2‚ Romeo finds Juliet standing on her balcony alone. When Juliet sees Romeo‚ they decide to confess their love to each other and start to plan their engagement. The play leaves a message to the readers that people in love make bad decisions which can lead to a tragedy because they end up clouding their judgement when they think the world exists
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Mark Antony was a Roman politician and general who played a big part in the destruction of the Roman republic. Mark Antony worked with Julius Caesar‚ who he replaced after his assassination. He did not get along with Caesar’s adopted son Octavian‚ and had to go through many struggles with him‚ causing war and hatred to spread throughout the empire. He later committed suicide because Octavian spread rumors about him and turned Rome against him. Following his defeat by Octavian at the Battle of Actium
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Mark Antony was born January 14th 83 B.C. to Marcus Tullius Cicero and and Julia. He spent his his early years gambling and drinking and by the age of twenty was in enormous debt. In hopes of escaping creditors he fled to Greece in 58 B.C. In 57 B.C. Mark Antony joined the military. During Julius Caesar’s rule Antony was his second-in-command. Antony began to hear many rumors of a plot to kill Julius Caesar but couldn’t to warn him in time. After Caesar’s assassination Antony fled Rome dressed
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