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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in the English town of Stratford-on-Avon. He was a poet and a playwright. As a boy‚ William Shakespeare studied Latin and classical literature in grammar school. He never went to a university. By the way William Shakespeare’s plays were it showed he had good knowledge of subjects from history and politics to music and art. When he was 20 Shakespeare became an actor in London. There he learned about drama by writing and performing plays. Shakespeare
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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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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was baptised in 26 April‚ 1564 and died in 23 April‚ 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely known as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called England’s national poet. His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare
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in the porches of my ears did pour the leperous distilment…” (Shakespeare‚ Ham.‚ 1.5.61-64) The death of Hamlet’s father set the book onto a layout of revenge and despair. It caused Hamlet to change his mindset and later on influences everyone else. In such little time and quite a rush one by one their life was taken. They vanished. Only time can tell when their live flesh would be no more and all that is left of them are bones. Hamlet drives himself mad. Mad enough to kill his uncle and drag others
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Prince William tries to live a normal life‚ but being royalty makes it just too hard (Morton‚ Diana: Her True Story‚ 79). "He is the most fascinating person of 1997‚" says Walters (Unknown‚ Facts on Prince William‚ 1). Prince William lives an active life where he deals with disappointments of the past‚ but family members help him deal with the future. In Paddington‚ London William was born at St. Mary’s Hospital (Gilmer‚ The Royal Archive‚ 1). Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis Mountbatten
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Sarah Walker Mrs. Markovich ENG4Uh 26 February 2013 Poor Prince Hamlet The dearly depressed Prince Hamlet‚ featured in William Spakespeare’s Hamlet‚ reveals his true and deeper feelings of sorrow and grief for himself and his father but also the hatred and revulsion masked beneath his quick and unkind words‚ directed more to his mother and Claudius. Hamlet‚ being the only person to see through to the true character of Claudius‚ dares to question as to why his mother would betray him and his
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In Hamlet‚ a famous play written by Shakespeare‚ Hamlet faces many challenges. Right from the opening of the play‚ Hamlet is challenged with grief and loss and is given the task of revenge. This burdensome task consumes Hamlet‚ making his nominal success pointless and superfluous. However‚ what Hamlet’s task of revenge does accomplish is that revenge is a dark and dangerous deed which can consume someone as easily as liberate them. Hamlet is all about gaining revenge against his uncle/stepfather
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The obsession and thirst for power can lead to the corruption of one’s morals. In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare‚ Cassius’ hunger for leadership over Rome leads to impulsive decisions and an overall destruction to his morals. Throughout the play Cassius utilizes his manipulation skills to use Brutus to pave a way for power. He continued to drill false and inaccurate information into Brutus’ head‚ ultimately resulting in Brutus making poor decisions. These impulsive and uncharacteristic
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definition of mature tragedy and what are the features of Macbeth that is typical of this genre? Essentially‚ a ‘mature’ tragedy is defined as a tragedy whereby the protagonist meets his or her demise as a direct result of an inherent flaw in character‚ or a misdeed committed on his or her behalf. Shakespeare has written four main ‘mature’ tragedies‚ and all embody one essential factor: the dramatic‚ self-constructed collapse of a ‘hero’ type character. To contrast‚ an ‘immature’ tragedy is where the
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