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William Shakesphere Influences
Deepen sharma

22 January 2013
Shakespeare’s Influences We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. All of us are influenced by some kind of incident to experience life and only few of them make most out of it. Today, these few people changed phase of the world forever by applying what they have learned from the past. Among these few people, William Shakespeare is the one person who took English Literature in different level. William Shakespeare was an English playwright in Elizabethan Era, the Elizabethan War with Spain, love and passion, and Catholic religion ultimately influenced him to write the romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare was in London during Elizabethan War with Spain, and it was the first major influence for him to write romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. “The reason for the Elizabethan War with Spain from 1585-1603 exploded due to various conflicts surrounding the wealth and power to be gained from trade from the New World” (Bellinger). Though Shakespeare does not involve in war, he witnessed the differences in the religion; England became the Catholic country and Spain became the Protestant country. Elizabeth was excommunicated by the Pope the fanatical Protestant in Spain saw a war and the conquest of England as a religious crusade. William Shakespeare finds that the escapades of the Elizabethan seamen, or pirates, included attacking Spanish vessels and taking any gold and silver. Due to the cultural differences between two countries and fight for the wealth and power to make them superior from one another, he got an idea to write romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare clearly illustrates the effect of Elizabethan War with Spain in the romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo and Mercutio enter Capulet’s party, Tybalt sees them and he added, “This must be a Montague, judging by his voice. How dare the wretch come here wearing a

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