their epic masterpieces. William Shakespeare who wrote during the 15th century‚ created many plays‚ lyric poems as well as sonnets. Known as a well respected master of his craft‚ Shakespeare wrote many fine lyrics which can now be found in his plays‚ poems‚ and sonnets. Similarly‚ Thomas Hardy‚ a realist poet in the 19th century‚ is best known for his pessimistic style and tone used in many poems and novels. The poem It Was a Lover and His Lass by Shakespeare and The Ruined Maid by Hardy contain
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events in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries that chronicle the ascent of the Lancastrian line to the throne of England. In the play‚ Richard‚ an ineffectual monarch and the last of the Plantagenet kings‚ is deposed and imprisoned after his cousin Henry Bolingbroke launches a successful coup to usurp the English crown. Following Richard’s assassination‚ Bolingbroke becomes King Henry IV‚ the subject of the following two plays in the sequence. Written entirely in verse‚ Richard II features
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Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime. Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies
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between a king and his subjects represents the balance of power. The absence of the central qualities reveals that the monarchy system is stronger than the marriage system‚ as there remains a successor to the throne at the end of Edward II‚ whereas in Othello‚ Othello’s interference with the system causes his marriage to collapse. In Edward II‚ Edward breaks up the social order comprising his kingdom by committing many sodomitical actions that result in the destabilization of his own reign. Edward’s
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Shakespeare makes it quite clear to his audience at the beginning of the play that Iago plays the character of the common criminal‚ from his opening speech with Roderigo on Iago owing money to Roderigo. When Iago caries out his soliloquy we find out his philosophies on life and as an audience we become aware that he is a very clever and formulated villain this idea is not at all strange for Shakespearian play. In Othello Shakespeare presents Iago in this clever way as it would take a very scheming
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attributed to William Shakespeare shows education‚ experience‚ creativity‚ and wisdom far beyond what many people are willing to accept came from a single author. This is due to the scarcity of facts concerning his life‚ speculation rose about whether or not Shakespeare became more common. In turn‚ some have chosen to put forth other candidates as to who authored the plays. However‚ these theories have little sustenance and it is likely that the entire body of work attributed to Shakespeare in fact belonged
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twenty four hours. In Shakespeare’s Othello‚ arguments as to how far the unities have been broken are often discussed. These arguments have been shown in the unity of time‚ and critics – such as A.C. Bradley – have doubted the faithfulness of Shakespeare. This argument is shown in the time period of Act I‚ on Othello’s wedding night where they leave for Cyprus‚ and when Act II starts they have landed‚ and on the night of the arrival the marriage is consummated and Cassio is demoted. Although the
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delivered. In order to appreciate the words of Shakespeare‚ in particular‚ one must consider the implications of intended cadence. Although Shakespeare’s work can be enjoyed through a silent reading‚ certain nuances of his plays are lost without the aspect of performance or delivery in which the cadence is more visible. In an article from The Sunday Telegraph London Charles Spencer approaches the importance of cadence in performances of Shakespeare. He gets his point across very well by stating that:
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Jena’ Tolbert Ms. Philips 1st period May 22‚ 2013 William Shakespeare in Love In the movie Shakespeare in Love‚ written by M. Norman and T. Stoppard is about William Shakespeare and his goal or drive as an actor and producer of plays to regain his remarkable gift of imagination. In the adventure of creating his new play‚ he discovers a very impressive female actor named Lady Kent‚ and falls in love. Although he is married‚ he is still capable of falling in love with someone else. It was against
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Occasionally it seems as if Shakespeare is holding up love as the most intensely wonderful and perfect feeling one could experience. Yet‚ most of the time‚ it seems that Shakespeare cannot describe a single couple that is actually as perfect as it appears to be. At first I thought that Shakespeare was criticizing love as an ideal‚ saying that it actually does not exist and is too perfect an ideal to ever be reached. The sonnets are the only clue that Shakespeare gave legitimacy to the concept
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