“Soaring‚ flying‚ there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach.” Disney’s High School Musical is one of the most popular plays for children. Most kids know the show and the characters‚ but would it be the same without Shakespeare’s influence? Shakespeare’s theatre changed the costumes‚ set‚ and makeup of theatre into what is recognized today. During the Renaissance‚ acting was a career for men only. Men played all acting roles. . . including the female ones. Women were not allowed to act. It
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become influential. In the Renaissance era‚ the wealthy had a vast amount of power over the poor‚ similar to men’s superiority to women; the same concept is still in society today‚ even if we wouldn’t admit to it. It is evident in many works by Shakespeare that power and privilege go hand in hand; even so‚ powerful‚ privileged women were not to be made superior or even equivalent to their weaker male
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The Relevance of Shakespeare English literature icon William Shakespeare even after being deceased for over 400 years‚ still is relevant to our society and culture. How does this icon of English literature continually remain a firm fascination in the minds of modern day society? Despite departing this earth nearly 400 years ago‚ William Shakespeare’s legacy of written works (including 37 plays!) ensure his relevance to society‚ past and present never wanes. The timelessness of Shakespeare’s
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After reading the rather confusing (and extremely hostile) essay "Shakespeare‚" it’s not hard to tell that the author calls for an eradication of William Shakespeare’s plays from English classrooms. The author feels that many of Shakespeare’s great plays‚ including Macbeth‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Twelfth Knight‚ are irrelevant to today’s society. Although the language in this essay is extremely convoluted and tangled‚ as I am sure everyone has noted‚ I believe that I have found the quintessence of
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an Elizabethan or Jacobean text? Contextual study Acting level 2 Penda Madeleine Faal 19th april 2010-04-18 Word count= Pages of essay I want to start with an introduction to the main Elizabethan text: Shakespeare organised reality by stylizing it. Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet arranges various materials and conventions that his audience was already familiar with- a popular story‚ elements of Elizabethan romantic comedy‚ the technique of Petrarchan love poetry. As an actor we have
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William Shakespeare‚ the well-known playwright intertwines real life themes into his plays making them powerful literature for all to digest. One of the most meaningful quotes that William Shakespeare composed that holds true even until today follows: “Some rise by sin‚ and some by virtue fall.” These crucial words are found in William Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. This quote states that not everyone who sins will get punished as some will rise in superiority for being a villain; and conversely
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Describe one idea worth learning about in the text. Explain why it was worth learning about. John Madden’s Shakespeare in love is a ‘romantic comedy’ set in sixteenth century England. Through its two unfortunate protagonists‚ Will Shakespeare ‘a lowly player’ with writer’s block and wealthy Viola De Lesseps who dreams of ‘love as there has never been in a play‚’ it explores the idea of ‘the truth and nature of love’ in the Elizabethan era. Madden portrays the harsh realities of the time through
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The Relevance of Shakespeare Why does William Shakespeare’s work continue to appear through each generation? This is a question that happens to linger in the minds of educators for years. Shakespeare is especially important for students to learn in today’s day and age. Continuing to teach students the work of Shakespeare is essential because of the genius words he created that are still relevant in our society. Although Shakespeare may write with many words that are outdated or hard to understand
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Katrina Chen Professor Sun Shakespeare Paper One 2 May 2013 Malvolio‚ the Party Pooper in Twelfth Night In Shakespeare’s comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ we can see the romance among several couples. For instance‚ Viola with Orsino‚ Olivia with Sebastian and Maria with Sir Toby Belch‚ they are all ended up with a joyful relationship with each other. It is a convention that endings of the comedies are always combined with happy elements. Even if not falling in love with anyone else‚ the clown
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Many scholars‚ writers‚ and poets have pondered the question‚ “Was Shakespeare really Shakespeare?” They’ve done the research‚ analyzed his works‚ and compared it to other writers of the time‚ and there is some pretty damning evidence convincing us that William Shakespeare really isn’t William Shakespeare. What we could assume about his education shows that in school‚ he was taught reading and writing and not much else. William did not travel very far from his home‚ leaving us to think “How did someone
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