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    Biography of william shakespeare William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26‚ 1564‚ in Stratford-in Avon‚ England. From the year 1594 onward he was an important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men members of theatrical players. Written records give little information of the way in which Shakespeare’s professional life was his artistry. All that can be said is that over the course of 20 years‚ Shakespeare wrote plays that intensify the range of human emotion and conflict. Even though birth

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    Sonnet 130 Shakespeare

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    Shakespeare is expressing‚ though not in the first person‚ that he knows women are not the perfect beauties they are portrayed to be and that we should love them anyway. He uses two types of descriptions‚ one of their physical beauty and the other of their characteristics to make fun of all those ‘romantic’ poets trying to ‘brown nose’ the girls they like. One of the physical attributes‚ in the first quatrain‚ that he mentions is his "mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun‚" meaning she has no

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    Shakespeare Sonnet 2 Tone

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    Sonnet 2... In Shakespeare’s Sonnet II‚ the sonnet progresses from a gentle warning‚ to a more stern threat by the end of the poem. In the first stanza‚ Shakespeare says that in forty years when the man is all wrinkled‚ the beauty of his youth will mean nothing. But if he has a child‚ then the legacy of his beauty will live on forever. In the second stanza‚ Shakespeare says that the man will hate himself if he does not have children‚ and when he gets old and decrepit he cannot see his beauty passed

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    Sonnets are rhymed poems consisting of fourteen lines‚ it is divided into two different lines‚ the first eight lines making up the octet and the other last six lines being the sestet. The Shakespearean sonnet however differs from the Petrarchian sonnets and the Spenserian sonnet‚ it ends with a rhymed couplet and follows the rhyme scheme. Therefore‚ the octet and sestet structure can be unconventionally divided into three quatrains with alternating rhymes concluding in a rhymed couplet. Till present

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    The relevance of Shakespeare is‚ in my opinion‚ unquestionable‚ even in contemporary times. Not only is his contribution to the English language immense in its proportions‚ but also enduring. Even today‚ William Shakespeare is a household name the world over. He is quite literally‚ the figure-head of English literature‚ even to the average layman. Innumerable versions of his immortal works are seen again and again in our films‚ plays and even our writing. His simple yet deep concepts have stood the

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    My story (Jack Alice Mathew Javier nick Maria) Nicholas was a 17 year-old kid who lived with his mom and dad in Armstrong‚ a small city along the Pacific Coast. They were a very tight nit family‚ always sharing family activities and spending time together. Jack‚ his father‚ was the boss in a pencil Factory. Alice‚ his mom‚ was a second grade teacher at Pollock‚ a local school in Armstrong. Nicholas was coursing eleventh grade at Liberty High School‚ and was an honor roll student and very good

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    Why Study Shakespeare? 1. Why is Shakespeare so revered? At the time he was writing and alive‚ Shakespeare created a whole new branch if literature. His satire humour and appropriation of texts challenged values and question what was really right and wrong. For some part this created great tension in regard to his works but Shakespeare took risks that no other writer was willing to and they obviously paid off. He illuminates the human experiences and sums up explores dozens of emotions all in one

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    No one questions the fact that William Shakespeare is a pure genius when it comes to creating immortal characters whose characteristics transcends those of the normal supernatural beings‚ but most students of literature agree that his uses of the supernatural aren’t merely figments of his creative imagination. Every man‚ woman‚ and child is influenced by the age into which they are born and Shakespeare was no exception. Not only does his use of supernatural elements within his works reveal the

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    about your topic. As your classmates present their findings‚ you should make brief notes to gain an understanding of each topic. Topics: 17th Century England 1. When Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear’‚ British society was experiencing a shift from Medieval times to the Renaissance. What was the Renaissance? 2. When Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear’‚ there was also a transition from feudalism to capitalism taking place. a) What is feudalism? b) What is capitalism? 3. ‘King Lear’ was set in a remote

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    Approximately 35% of Shakespeare’s plays use elements of supernatural entities. (Javeshay) Shakespeare used elements in the supernatural in order to connect with his audience as Elizabethan society audiences with this motif. Many unrealistic themes were portrayed in order to appease the queen herself. These elements represent a doorway into the minds of the entire Elizabethan society. Shakespeare uses fairies‚ witches‚ sorcery‚ spirits‚ and anything that takes control outside of a mortals power or

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