Feature Article Draft Shakespeare a turnoff for schools? Four hundred years have passed since William Shakespeare penned his last play. Yet his prose‚ plots‚ and characters are as alive today as they were when the plays were originally staged during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespearean works should still be studied in school‚ as his attitude‚ values and beliefs are still relevant in today’s society. He’s 450 years old and yet‚ not only do we perform his plays but
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was born by the name of William Shakespeare. He was born to a poor family‚ was given little education‚ and had no interaction with sophisticated society. Thirty-eight plays and over 150 sonnets are not attributed to this ignorant man. Those who believe that Shakespeare was the author have no definitive proof but instead point to Hamlet’s declaration: "The play’s the thing(Satchell 71)." The true author‚ however‚ lies hidden behind he name of Shakespeare. Edward de Vere the premier Earl
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State’s library does not have Shakespeare. After John and Lenina go to a feely movie together‚ the night comes to end and John drops Lenina off at her house without having sex with her. This leaves her bewildered and lacking confidence. She deals with the situation by taking soma‚ and john releases all of his passion and emotion by reading Shakespeare. These actions are similar because both are methods of escape. For John‚ the raw and passionate emotions in Shakespeare help him to understand himself
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students know that William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets; all of them in the same format. Going through many of Shakespeare’s sonnets‚ a recurring theme of forbidden and secret love appeared. In his Sonnet 152‚ Shakespeare desperately pleads with an unknown love about their hidden love and how it affects their surroundings. Often Shakespeare was accused of making fun of other poets and authors of his time period‚ however this sonnet may have had a correlation with his complicated love life at the time.
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The Wonders of Love What is it about love that makes people search endlessly for it? We are all capable of love‚ yet more often than not‚ we seem to have trouble finding it. Often‚ once we’ve found it‚ we have a hard time holding on to it. Why is that? I believe it’s because people don’t know what true love is all about. They think it’s all about the feelings the butterflies in your stomach‚ the passion‚ the anguish of waiting to see that person again. And don’t get me wrong‚ these are all
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Sonnet 109 What is love? Is there a true definition of it? A dictionary says love is an intense affection for another arising out of kinship or personal use. A symbol to represent love would be a heart between two lovers of any race‚ gender‚ and age. A song to introduce love would be numerous due that many song-writers write love songs. A poet might say love is just love. In this sonnet of William Shakespeare‚ he is deeply in love. He cannot do anything without her. So therefore‚ I believe William
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3rd Period January 9‚ 2015 Who is Shakespeare? “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great‚ some achieve greatness‚ and others have greatness thrust upon them”(goodreads). William Shakespeare is said to be one of the most popular idolized English authors. He has created some of the most relevant plays and poems which are still important today. Many of the things he portrayed in his writings were thought to be from his life experience. Shakespeare has lead the way for modern authors
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people wonder if Shakespeare is still relevant in the 21st century. Think about this: the issues Shakespeare wrote about were issues that many people have to face in their lifetime and have remained unchanged. His themes are also timeless themes which means they will never go out of date they will be relevant forever. Shakespeare‚ therefore‚ is still very relevant and should be continued to be taught in high school. Shakespeare’s themes in his play are timeless‚ themes such as love‚ friendship‚
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William Shakespeare entertains multiple themes throughout his sonnet collection and portays an overarching theme of love. Sir Philip Sydney’s difficulties with love are shown in his collection of sonnets “Astrophil and Stella”. Both poets discuss the complications with love and the desire it creates. For example‚ in sonnet 1 Sydney has trouble conveying his love but hopes that through these sonnets she (Stella) will understand. Shakespeare’s sonnet 129 as well as Sydney sonnet 109 both mention
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one thing they want the most‚ they do not have. ‚ which is happiness‚ which comes from satisfaction within oneself and being satisfied with what one has done in one’s life. Feeling isolated does not necessarily mean a person is bad. Evidence in Shakespeare play Macbeth ‚ demonstrates this quite clearly that MacBeth’s isolation comes from guilt ‚ over-ambition and greed. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have both shown guilt‚ but at different stages in the play. Isolating guilty feelings only begins
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