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    William Shakespeare Thesis Statement: William Shakespeare: Often called England’s National Poet‚ the Bard of Avon‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language‚ the world’s pre-eminent dramatist and is an author who inspired and influenced the writer of our time. Outline: I. Introduction Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright during his days. Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. His plays remain highly

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    The Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy arby BCOM/275 March 20‚ 2012 The Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy William Shakespeare was one of the most popular playwrights in history. With 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets and many other poems‚ Shakespeare’s work has been performed around the world more often than any other playwright. One gentleman‚ Hank Whittemore‚ created a blog that is strictly related to the notion that William Shakespeare was a pen-name of Edward De Vere

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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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    Shakespeare authorship question is the argument about whether someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories—say that Shakespeare of Stratford was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors‚ who for some reason did not want or could not accept public credit.[1] Although the idea has attracted much public interest‚[2][a] all but a few

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    William Shakespeare’s poetry entails complex language and hidden meanings. Shakespeare is famous for his ability to author a web of images that creates layers of interpretations and understandings. In Sonnet 138 however‚ Shakespeare is more direct in describing his relationship with his lover by avoiding imagery and metaphors‚ explaining to the reader that this seemingly unconventional relationship is indeed justified. Shakespeare constructs a persona of the speaker in a way that establishes a casual

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    Mark Payne 1302-20 The Writings of Shakespeare and Donne The poems from William Shakespeare and John Donne that interest me are “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” and “The flea”. One of the main reason that I am writing about these two poems are because they are the only ones that I know of because that is what we talked about in class and I have never read poetry in my life. Poetry has always been difficult for me to read because of my mild case of dyslexia. I have to read the sentence

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    Assignment on “Shakespeare as a Tragedy Writer” Prepared for: East West University Date of submission:11-08-14 Shakespearean tragedy is a form of writing that was written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is perhaps most famous for his tragedies. Most of his tragedies were written in a seven-year period between 1601 and 1608. His plays usually involve murders‚ deaths and a terrible ending for the central characters which turns the mode of the play as a tragic one. The

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    Shakespeare: An Observation of Life What is it about Shakespeare’s characters and stories that make us all able to relate in some way or another 400 years after they are written? Maybe it’s his take on inner conflict‚ or is it how he never portrays a hero as perfect‚ or a villain as all evil? There is a certain universal truth about the human condition in every story. Whether it is the tragic outcome of unchecked greed and ambition‚ an unrelenting desire for revenge‚ or the pursuit of love‚ his

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    Is’t not/ a kind/ of in/cest‚ to/ take life/ Metrics: Straight iambic pentameter. The line is five heartbeats long‚ symbolizing logic Sonics: Enjambment- this line does not finish her statement‚ it runs straight into the next line and finished the thought with “from thine own sister’s shame?” Alliteration- “to take” Dissonance- kind‚ to‚ take Assonance- not‚ of Tropes: Irony- “kind of incest to take life”- talking about an act that creates life‚ but it would take away

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    sexual propensity for one’s own sex; of or involving sexual activity with a member of one’s own sex‚ or between individuals of the same sex” (“homosexual”). The use of the term homosexual in this manner was first used in 1892‚ over 270 years after Shakespeare was alive

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