How Does Shakespeare Influence John's Life

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I chose the literary text “A Brave New World” which presents a high technological society that uses all possible means to condition and controls the masses in order to achieve social stability. Furthermore, I wrote about “How Shakespeare was an influence in John’s life” because in that way we can know how this influence in his self-esteem, attitude, romanticism, real feelings and beliefs. In addition, how he could be himself no matter what other people thought or said about him. I chose a blog since is the best alternative to express our ideas, opinions, and doubts. It is like a trunk or a box of memories and in this type of text does not have writing rules. You are free to decide the way to write on it, using colloquial, formal or even informal …show more content…
He had a beautiful and elegant poetry “ahead of Ford”. Shakespeare offered many examples of love relationships that they considered that must be eliminated from the tragic world of the state. Moreover, Shakespeare was open to everything that was imposed like the not religious, ethical or philosophical boundary. It seemed strange to him that men were afraid of themselves and of the fear of the others. In the World State being a person with Shakespeare's attitudes was frowned upon, since they wanted social control of all castes, it was not exercised through repression, but through what they think it could produce …show more content…
First, it represented all the art that has been rejected, modified and destroyed by the government in the interest of maintaining stability, in order to make them believe the idea of a perfect and a happy world. Elsewhere, the powerful emotion, passion, love, and beauty exhibited in Shakespeare's plays represented all the noble aspects of humanity that have been sacrificed by the World State in its effort to ensure that all its citizens always be happy. Shakespeare with his language and expression through writings, made John understands the world in another

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