Do you think you know Shakespeare well enough to write a research paper on him or make a presentation about him? Who did he marry? What did he do for a living? Did he have kids? What was his muse? How did he support his family? Did he really invent new words like everyone says? Simple things like that is hard to learn about a person that died WAY back then‚ 1616 to be correct. That is almost over 400 years ago! They never really wrote anything down or stored things like we do today. Everything that
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rhyming scheme. Shakespeare composed over 150 sonnets during his life and all of his sonnets appeared in a collection called “SHAKE-SPEARS SONNETS” in 1609. Shakespeare’s sonnets consist of three quatrains and are finished off with a couplet. Around the third quatrain his sonnets take a turn‚ which is when the mood of the poem changes for the better‚ taking a more optimistic approach. His sonnets speak of political events‚ love‚ beauty‚ and sex. In “Sonnet 71”‚ Shakespeare discusses the mourning
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"Romeo and Juliet" is one of the most famous plays written by Shakespeare. Under the essential elements‚ the character‚ plot‚ theme‚ there are a lot of special‚ unique ideas make the story stand out amongst others. In ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ violence is one of the key ideas that link every incident together. It pushes the story forward and makes things happen. Shakespeare produces visions of violence in nearly every scene‚ every moment of the play. The violence affects every character‚ changing their
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There have been‚ throughout time‚ countless new versions of William´s Shakespeare “Romeo and Juliet”: Nevertheless‚ Baz Lurhmann directed a very modern version of this famous play‚ replacing daggers by guns and horses by cars‚ and even more. The main reason and advantage of the modernization of certain scenes is to lead to a clearer meaning and a better understanding of the story. First‚ the director emphasized the situation or the feelings of the characters by using modern means such as fireworks
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Train of Self Destruction In the classic play‚ Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare the character Brutus becomes blinded by his trust towards others‚ his honorable status‚ and most of all his love for Rome. This eventually causes the tragic death of Caesar Augustus and himself. Brutus as a highly regarded Roman official always tries to make the best decision for himself and most importantly for Rome. Over time he becomes blinded by himself and eventually dishonors himself‚ the once most
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Essay Our world today‚ is very different from William Shakespeare’s world. He lived in the 1600’s and part of the 1700’s. Shakespeare lived in a time where babies‚ just after three days‚ they were baptized. The way that they acted was very different from how we act today. Shakespeare lived in London‚ England while he was writing plays and acting in them. Back in that time‚ only guys were allowed to act in plays. The women were often seen as insignificant. They were often pushed out of the way‚ and
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Extended Learning Homework- 30 Facts About Shakespeare 1. Shakespeare was born on April 23 1564 and died April 23 1616 aged 52. He was born and also died on the 23 April. 2. Shakespeare was baptised on April 26 1564 in Stratford upon Avon just three days before the Stratford Parish register recorded an outbreak of the plague. 3. On 30th November 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Whateley. Anne Whateley could be a scribal error for Anne Hathaway. She was 3 months pregnant at the time. 4. Shakespeare’s
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Shakespeare still has a place in modern society to this day. Over 400 years ago‚ he is still relevant to today’s society. Although most kids especially high school kids‚ they don’t think he is relevant. Well‚ he is relevant from education‚ to history and the modern adaptations that he has made/changed. Shakespeare is of course relevant in many other ways and has an endless possibility depending on how the teacher decides to utilize him. Shakespeare has an effect on our education. Shakespeare is
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Shakespeare is a nation wide known author‚ his work includes‚ “Hamlet”‚ “MacBeth”‚ “King Lear”‚ and plenty more that rose Shakespeare to mass fame from scholars to the average student. Most readers know little about Shakespeare’s personal life. Other than his works‚ which proves his existence‚ numerous scholars question whether or not the great poet/author truly existed. Shakespeare wasn’t born into wealth or royalty nor did he marry into it. Born to John Shakespeare a glove maker and a merchant
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Literary Essay Compare/Contrast Shakespeare and Marlowe William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe were both writers of the Elizabethan stage‚ living in the same town of London‚ at the same time‚ and they wrote plays while working with the same people. Their strongest similarity was in their work. They both had an innate ability to write about love‚ great tragedies‚ comedies‚ drama and poetry with a similar style called blank verse. Before Marlowe’s time‚ blank verse was not an accepted
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