William Shakespeare was an English poet who is considered to be the greatest dramatist of all time. During the 1500s and early 1600s in the United Kingdom‚ Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets. However‚ for nearly two centuries people have been questioning the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. Oddly enough‚ the first time anyone suggested Shakespeare might not be the author of his work was a joke. In 1848‚ a Lutheran scholar named Samuel Schmucker compared academic efforts to cast doubt upon
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date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ And often is his gold complexion dimmed‚ And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ By chance‚ or nature’s changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade‚ Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st‚ Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade‚ When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st‚ So long as men can breathe‚ or eyes can see‚ So long lives this‚ and this gives life to thee. The 1609 Quarto Version Shall
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SHAKESPEARE‚ WILLIAM (1564—1616)‚ English poet‚ player and playwright‚ was baptized in the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire on the 26th of April. Birth 1564. The exact date of his birth is not known. 18th-century antiquaries‚ William Oldys and Joseph Greene‚ gave it as April 23‚ but without quoting authority for their statements‚ and the fact that April 23 was the day of Shakespeare’s death in 1616 suggests a possible source of error. In any case his birthday cannot have been
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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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Jose Cruz December 12‚ 2011 My English Research Paper Use general quote about betrayal (brainyquote.com) not from Hamlet. This quote from Shakespeares Hamlet includes two very important words; The words “Haste” and “revenge” not only deal with life but with many other literary works as well. In order to take revenge upon someone often means to get back at them or to inflict hurt or harm on them for an injury or wrong done to oneself. Such is the case in Hamlet where Betrayal (revenge) is the
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Time Shakespeare work was divided into three groups‚ comedies‚ tragedies and histories. Comedy Plays attracted a large number of audiences to the theatre. Some famous comedy actors of Shakespeare’s time are William Kempe‚ Richard Tarlton‚ and Robert Armin. These comedians had to have acting skills‚ and also be able to sing and dance. William Kempe was one of Shakespeare ’s main actors in his early plays. He was a friend and student of Richard Tarleton‚ his predecessor in Shakespeare ’s company
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Shakespeare is a nation wide known author‚ his work includes‚ “Hamlet”‚ “MacBeth”‚ “King Lear”‚ and plenty more that rose Shakespeare to mass fame from scholars to the average student. Most readers know little about Shakespeare’s personal life. Other than his works‚ which proves his existence‚ numerous scholars question whether or not the great poet/author truly existed. Shakespeare wasn’t born into wealth or royalty nor did he marry into it. Born to John Shakespeare a glove maker and a merchant
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young; all these people could quote or misquote Shakespeare. What mattered is that they quoted Shakespeare" Dr.Tom Odhiambo‚ author of "To quote Shakespeare used to be a mark of proper education". Most teachers in this era prefer to teach the Bard‚ while others do not. I believe that teachers should be required to read the plays of Williams Shakespeare because of the fact that they could tell others they have had the opportunity to read a Shakespeare play‚ so they could give themselves a higher level
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Discuss the appropriation of elements of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into the film Shakespeare in Love. When viewing John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love the values that are seen in the text‚ male dominance‚ social hierarchy and challenging conventions‚ are the same to those seen in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Although both texts were produced in different time periods the values remained the same because the film is set in the Elizabethan era. The most obvious value that seems to stand
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Cordaisha Robinson Mrs. Gorman CA400 March 27th‚ 2013 This essay will discuss‚ William Shakespeare’s life‚ his career‚ when he was born and died‚ biographical information‚ and his childhood. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ His father‚ John Shakespeare‚ raised William to the best of his abilities… he made sure that William study and got into the best o schools‚ being that 1561 to 1563 he had been one of the two chamberlains to whom the finance of the town he was very trustworthy
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