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    A “Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ a comedy play set in Athens‚ was written by William Shakespeare in the mid-1590’s. In the play‚ the duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ was getting himself and his city ready for his upcoming wedding. He was preparing to marry Hippolyta‚ the queen of the Amazons‚ who he had just conquered. However‚ there is a dilemma that is disturbing his festivity. A woman named Hermia was in love with a man named Lysander. The problem is‚ there is another man named Demetrius‚ and Hermia’s father

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    "Sonnet 106" is one of the sonnets William Shakespeare wrote. In this sonnetShakespeare is talking about the description of beauty by other poets‚ and that from his point of view‚ they have lack a way to describe this beauty. "Then in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best‚ of hand‚ of foot‚ of lip‚ of eye‚ of brow‚ I see their antique pen would have expressed ev’n such beauty as you master now." (Shakespeare‚ 5-8). In these lines‚ Shakespeare mentions that whenever he read a poem cataloging

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    Although sonnets were originally meant to glorify women‚ William Shakespeare satirizes the tradition of comparing one’s beloved to all things beautiful under the sun‚ and to things divine and immortal as well. The Shakespearean sonnet‚ according to Paul Fussel‚ “consists of three quatrains and a couplet” (Fussell‚ p. 123).1 Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is a clear parody of the conventional love sonnet. In fact‚ it is often said that the praise of his mistress is so negative that the reader is left with

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    THE GLOBE THEATRE‚ LIFE IN LONDON AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE GLOBE THEATRE The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare’s playing company; the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and was destroyed by the Great fire of London on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. The precise location of the building remained unknown until a small part of the foundations‚ including one original

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    Sonnet 83” by William Shakespeare conveys the indescribable beauty of a person using punctuation‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. The word “painting” as used in the first line of the poem is a type of poetic imagery that means praise or poetic flattery. This accompanied with “painting set” creates a much more elegant image than simply writing the word praising. Imagery and figurative language is more heavy and emphasized in the last two lines of the quatrains. The last line of stanza one for example

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    think that night is a fascinating period in which one can get away with anything. It’s as if the world is different during the dark and the day that was faced before is long gone until the morning comes once again. Romeo and Juliet is a play by Shakespeare that showcases a tragic love story. In which two families with a life-long feud get in between these two lovers. From the beginning until the end‚ their love was just not meant to prevail. The end of Romeo and Juliet’s lives also marked the end

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    The play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ explores an abundant of encounters to the rigid gender representation demonstrated in the play. The play revolves around the questioning of femininity and masculinity‚ allowing us to explore how certain characters equivocate the definition of gender to please their favour and how each gender identities are created for persuasion of the natural order that corresponds to the traditional order - Lady Macbeth and Macbeth exploit and redefine gender ideology

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    significance of the title The Winter’s Tale is that it highlights foreshadowing and slight irony by giving the character with the least lines‚ Maxmillius‚ one of the most important lines: “A sad tale’s best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins” (Shakespeare 51). The Winter’s Tale also happens to occur during the wintertime. This line foretells the play’s general plot‚ depicting that the play will most likely be of a sad and depressed nature and may end tragically. It is also ironic because the reader

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    Internal conflict is something every person must deal with through their lives. Macbeth is arguably the most complex character within the play‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare. Macbeth is a play about Macbeth and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ who together plan to murder King Duncan so Macbeth can become king. Macbeth receives information from three witches who tell him he will be king one day‚ but Macbeth cannot wait and wants to be king now. So in order to achieve this goal Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot

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    King Richard III by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s King Richard III (1592) is the last historical play of his tetralogy including the three parts of King Henry VI . T he plays depict the collapse of English control over parts of France and the bitter and fierce internal struggles between the Houses of Lancaster and York in the fight to gain the crown of England. King Richard III is regarded (Hume 202) as a piece of prop aganda support ing the Tudor monarchs who succeeded Richard

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