influence on 21st century society. It is harder to imagine a more universal writer than William Shakespeare. Rarely if ever is one of his many plays not being performed somewhere in the world and similarly rare is the tertiary English student who has not examined his work at length. His plays‚ sonnets and poems are common fodder for high school English departments across the globe. Shakespeare has perhaps contributed the most to the English language of any writer known to man literally. Over
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was easily one of the greatest playwrights of all time. He has written many plays including Romeo and Juliet‚ Much Ado About Nothing‚ Macbeth‚ and Hamlet. Shakespeare was also one of the proprietors to the Globe theater in 1589. Much of his work is still performed today. Shakespeare was born on April 23rd 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was an alderman of Scotland who had served as mayor in 1569. Neither of his parents could
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Arian Brethorst 11/20/12 Research Paper Shakespeare and His Sonnets When people evaluate Shakespeare‚ they more often than not recall his plays and writings; what people don’t ordinarily ponder on is that he was also famous for the sonnets that he had written. He is renowned for his outstanding plays‚ which have left a great trace in the course of literature and culture‚ and also for the invention of the new form of the verse – a sonnet. No one truly knows if his sonnets were devoted to
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Shakespeare in Love vs. The Real Deal John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love (1998) shows what could have happened to inspire William Shakespeare to write one of his most famous plays‚ Romeo & Juliet. Shakespeare in Love shows many similarities to the play Romeo & Juliet. Actors and actresses that play the main characters in this film are Joseph Fiennes‚ Gwyneth Paltrow‚ and Geoffrey Rush. In the film they show many reenactments of how William Shakespeare may have first performed and wrote Romeo
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Today or Better Left Alone “Romeo + Juliet” succeeds to convey Shakespeare ’s play by the same name. The film was filmed in Verona‚ California set in the 1950s. The interesting part of the setting is that both Verona and Venice are cities in Italy and California. When talking about this movie‚ it ’s easy to get lost in the memories of Shakespeare ’s play and‚ while the majority of people will remember most scenes; I enjoy looking outside of the norm‚ something overlooked by the majority of people
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The Brilliance of Shakespeare Shakespeare’s language of riddled puns can stupefy some‚ albeit in a good or bad way. If your position stands at the latter‚ perhaps‚ from your own frustration‚ you lack the perception of his intelligence. While there are no records of his attending school and some may call him stupid (i.e. irritated college students)‚ Shakespeare’s greatness cannot be refuted so easily. It is important to look at all aspects that are pertinent to his notoriety. His plays served for
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“ As part of the 2012 Summer Olympics hosted in London‚ the Royal Shakespeare Company challenged theater groups around the world to create contemporary re-imaginings of 16th century playwright William Shakespeare’s classics.” This was one of William Shakespeare’s global influence which means that Shakespeare wanted acting groups from other countries reenact some of Shakespeare’s plays. This connects to my argument by explaining to 9th graders what it is like experiencing many different challenges
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564. There is no specific date of birth because at that time the only date of importance was the date of baptism‚ though infants often were baptized when they were three days old. Shakespeare’s baptismal date was April 26‚ 1564. Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. At the time of his birth‚ the village had a population of 1500 people‚ and only 200 houses. Shakespeare’s father
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Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime. Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies
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In regards to the parental comment about Romeo and Juliet‚ I both agree and disagree. When I say agree‚ what I really mean is that I understand where the parent is coming from and why they think that younger people shouldn’t watch this movie. I understand that the values in the movie are very naïve and somewhat inappropriate. The movie depicts teenagers disobeying their parents‚ so I can clearly see why a parent would not want their child to take away from the movie that it is okay to disobey
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