Drama before Shakespeare’s Time Playwriting was somewhat different before Shakespeare wrote plays. Shakespeare’s plays are mostly about justice‚ love‚ jealousy‚ murder‚ mystery‚ and basically anything that involved in real life that anyone can relate. He basically wrote about any theme he felt necessary. But before he was born in England‚ most plays during one specific era were about only one or two specific themes. These plays were based on morality plays which were medieval plays based on biblical
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1. Contributions of William Shakespeare to English Literature William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s preeminent dramatist. His surviving works consist of 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several shorter poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. William Shakespeare’s influence extends from theatre
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Laura I woke up on the couch with Sarah’s arm draped over my waist‚ carefully moving it‚ so as not to wake her‚ i got up off of the couch and surveyed the situation‚ tge Tv was still on displaying the menu of a movie‚ empty bags of lollies and chips were scattered on the floor in front of tge couch while two half full glasses sat on the coffee table‚ the bottle of wine sat open next to them. I picked up the glasses and took them into the kitchen where i got a garbage bag and went in to clean up what
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Shakespeare We do not know much about Shakespeare’s life. He comes from the small provincial town Stratford that lies on the Avon. His father was a workman‚ and he was a member of the town council; and he was also the mayor of the town for three years. Shakespeare most likely went to Stratford Grammar School‚ which can still be seen in the town‚ however we do not know much about what he learned in school. In 1582‚ when he was 18 years old‚ he married Ann Hathaway who was 7-8 years older; she
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William Shakespeare (April 23rd 1564 – April 23rd 1616) Little is known about ‘ the morning star’ of English literature . He was born on the 23rd of April 1564 in Stratfordupon-Avon as the son of a glove dealer. He studied for 5 years at Stratford grammar school ( as written in the village documents) . At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway and they had 3 children : a daughter ‚ Susanna ‚ and two twins (Hamnet and Judith). Hamnet died at the age of 11 .In 1585- at the age of 21- Shakespeare left
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Sonnets of Shakespeare Shakespeare’s sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets‚ dealing with themes such as the passage of time‚ love‚ beauty and mortality‚ first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS.: Never before imprinted. (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The Passionate Pilgrim). The quarto ends with "A Lover’s Complaint"‚ a narrative poem of 47 seven-line stanzas written in rhyme royal. The first 17 poems‚ traditionally
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Both Vertigo and Laura raise the idea of masculinity‚ and it’s place and role in society and character. The relationships in both films‚ particularly those between the male protagonists and women‚ highlight the differing ideas of masculinity. The character of Scottie in Vertigo highlights how relationship with women can greatly effect the idea of masculinity‚ whereas this is reversed in Laura‚ when the title character Laura shows how she greatly changes the concept of masculinity through three differing
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initial guise of children’s literature‚ Laura and Lizzie are presented as foils to each other within the poem. Both sisters are described as having “golden” hair and portraying themselves as the typical virtuous female of the time (Rossetti Line 184). Additionally‚ their lack of physical description also suggests the possibility of them being twin sisters. Which is why the important factor in distinguishing between the two relies on their personalities. Laura is a “curious” individual who is easily
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1) Difference ; tragic‚ comedy‚ tragicomedy‚ history. Shakespeare’s Tragicomedy Plays The original classification of Shakespeare’s plays – ‘Comedies’‚ ‘Tragedies’‚ ‘Histories’ and ‘Roman plays‘ – don’t adequately describe all of Shakespeare’s plays‚ and scholars have come up with more names to do so. The most widely used categories are ‘Romance Plays’‚ ‘Problem Plays’‚ and Shakespeare’s ‘Tragicomedy Plays’. The plays in those categories have much in common‚ but there are enough differences to
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In 2010‚ Laura Hillenbrand released a brilliant tribute to a resilient national hero‚ Louis “Louie” Zamperini‚ whose story was not widely known at the time. Fast forward four years and this tribute‚ Unbroken‚ has been made into a major motion picture and the remarkable story of the Olympian-turned-soldier has reached the masses. In the book Unbroken‚ which I read shortly after it was released‚ Hillenbrand chronicles Zamperini’s epic and‚ at times‚ terrifying odyssey. Raised in California‚ he was
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