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    we find that one of the characters is the embodiment and expression of anti-Semitic attitude that is pervasive in Elizabethan society. "Anti-Semitism was an intricate part in Shakespeare’s years. Jews were considered vile and scorned upon. Shakespeare presents Judaism as an ’unchangeable trait’" (Bloom 37). Shakespeare’s age based their anti-Semitism on religious grounds because the Elizabethans inherited the fiction‚ fabricated by the early Church‚ that the Jews murdered Christ and were therefore

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    Appendix Sonnet 18 Shakespeare 1 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 2 Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 3 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ 4 And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: 5 Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ 6 And often is his gold complexion dimmed‚ 7 And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ 8 By chance‚ or nature’s changing course untrimmed: 9 But thy eternal summer shall not fade‚ 10 Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest‚

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    perfection‚ but one should be careful what they want. In the play "Macbeth" written by William Shakespeare‚ the main character Macbeth changes a great deal throughout the course of this play. In the beginning Macbeth is a coward and overrun by fear‚ but through his greed for power and his vaulting ambition‚ he becomes a fearless man that is driven by an overconfident ego. Through this dynamic Shakespeare teaches the reader that good people can turn the wrong way because of a strive for power. Macbeth

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    Writer and women’s rights activist‚ Virginia Woolf‚ argues in‚ “if Shakespeare Had a Sister “(1929) that women are just as capable as men‚ had they been given the same circumstances. She conveys this message by her use of pathos‚ logos‚ and syntax. Woolf’s message that women could’ve been just as successful as men if they were treated the same is reinforced by her appealing to pathos.”She found herself with child by that gentleman and so-- who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet’s heart

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    Macbeth from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth struggle with ambition‚ the disregardment of basic human emotions‚ and personal hatred. With this Shakespeare proves with internal conflict‚ that when the ambition of a man clouds judgment‚ versions of reality can twist the sight of a person and shape it into what he or she wants to see.

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    In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare tells the story of a heroic warrior turned raving madman because of his conscience. After a trio of witches prophesied Macbeth’s monumental ascension from a mere thane to the king of Scotland‚ Macbeth was troubled and refused to accept the prophecy as truth. However‚ as the witches’ words started to come true and he experienced visions that taunted him about murder‚ Macbeth started to believe in the prophecy. His newfound ambition to become king‚ coupled with persuasion

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    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; [Abridged] Toward the end of April‚ I took the time to watch a hilarious play at Lonestar College called “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; [Abridged]” This play was not like anything I have ever seen‚ and definitely not what I had been expecting. “The Complete Works…” took thirty-seven of Shakespeare’s best sonnets and tragedies such as “Hamlet” and “Othello”‚ and transformed them into a wonderful show that takes on aspects of a cooking show

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    Virginia Woolf’s article entitled “If Shakespeare had a Sister” which is in Forming a Critical Perspective shows a case on how women in the Elizabethan age would have never been allowed to write the plays or literature works of Shakespeare. Woolf talks about how it would have been impossible it would be for women in that time period to write. She makes some valid arguments‚ but overall the inequality of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos makes this article unpersuasive. Firstly‚ Virginia Woolf does not really

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    The play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ explores an abundant of encounters to the rigid gender representation demonstrated in the play. The play revolves around the questioning of femininity and masculinity‚ allowing us to explore how certain characters equivocate the definition of gender to please their favour and how each gender identities are created for persuasion of the natural order that corresponds to the traditional order - Lady Macbeth and Macbeth exploit and redefine gender ideology

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    Each specific discipline will have their own challenges and ways to overcome these and English is the same. One challenge is maintaining the relevance of Shakespeare to the 21st century learner‚ the second is teaching EAL students‚ specifically‚ how we can teach language as a transferrable skill to assist students in further understanding Shakespeare when studied in class. Both of these ideas can be linked to the

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