Shakespeare. A word that strikes eye-rolling boredom in the average adult and schoolchild. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest literacy geniuses that ever lived‚ but many teacher’s‚ parents‚ and students have the same question‚ should we be reading Shakespeare in school? Firstly‚ I will highlight how inappropriate Shakespeare’s plays are for young audiences. Take Romeo and Juliet for example‚ This play is a non-realistic tragedy‚ which at times seems like a comedy or true love story. Where
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How William Shakespeare changed the English language William Shakespeare was born/baptized on April 26th 1564 and died on April 23rd 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world ’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England ’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated
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Miranda is “Eve of an enchanted Paradise” (Works of W. Shakespeare vol 16)‚ the meaning of innocence‚ beauty and simplicity. As soon as she meets Ferdinand‚ she is ready “to place her life‚ her love‚ her service beneath his feet” (Works of Shakespeare vol 16)‚ which is opposed to what Fowles’ Miranda is doing. Though both are well educated‚ beautiful‚ they have different meanings of what life is about and what they should do in order to achieve fulfilment. Contrary to the cultural background‚ Fowles’s
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As was common in the period‚ Shakespeare based many of his plays on the work of other playwrights and recycled older stories and historical material. His dependence on earlier sources was a natural consequence of the speed at which playwrights of his era wrote; in addition‚ plays based on already popular stories appear to have been seen as more likely to draw large crowds. There were also aesthetic reasons: Renaissance aesthetic theory took seriously the dictum that tragic plots should be grounded
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The American Shakespeare Center is a theatre troupe that attempts to very carefully emulate Shakespearean theatre and the conditions used by Shakespeare. As a troupe‚ they mimicked early modern English theatre quite well during their performance of Two Gentlemen of Verona. They employed the same staging‚ the same conditions (as much as possible with modern technology)‚ used the same dialect and costume‚ scenery and set pieces were minimal‚ followed the original script well‚ included live music‚ and
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Shakespeare still the best teacher for our students. Shakespeare is one of the most vital parts of our history in today’s society with accurate representations of how society acted during that period‚ everything from language‚ the social hierarchy and even the superstitions. Asking if Shakespeare is important is the equivalent of asking if the history of our language the core of the words we speak important. Shakespeare’s work offers some of the most vital understanding of the English language
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Shakespeare one of the most renown English writers in the world. Discussions over the years have been going around whether students should still study Shakespeare. This paper states that we should not study Shakespeare because the dialect is confusing due to the change of dialect‚ the content is irrelevant to present society‚ and because it impedes the development of modern literature skills. Dialect: Teenagers have a hard enough time understanding English normally so teachers should stop teaching
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Comparative review of Polanski’s ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Shakespeare Retold’ directed by Mark Brozel Macbeth is a story of passion‚ power‚ and violent betrayal: all of which are found in both Polanski’s ‘Macbeth’ and the BBC’s contemporary adaptation of ‘Shakespeare Retold’ directed by Mark Brozel. Both films set in Scotland‚ follow the original plot from Macbeth‚ however‚ Brozel’s rendition does not depict the traditional interpretation as Polanski’s did‚ instead using modern day language to better relate
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IS SHAKESPEARE STILL RELEVANT TODAY? NAME: Danielle LLoyd In secondary schools today we force our children to study Shakespeare from first form through to till fifth form and for those fortunate few also in sixth form. Ironically it is only the famous works that make it unto the syllabus. Plays like Merchant of Venice‚ King Lear‚ Henry the fifth‚ A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream and Macbeth are some of the few Shakespearean works we are exposed to‚ unless we go find others and read. Interestingly
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Many 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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