The Shakespeare Roots Of Fox's Analysis

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In the article, “The Shakespeare Roots of Fox’s” by Sarah Osman , the author states that The “Empire” is really related to Shakespeare, and it gets ideas from Shakespeare.
The Article is about how “Empire” uses some of the story plots and from the story Shakespeare. Also that the Author would like to see a little bit more Othello in scenes from the play. Although the story is very related in both ways, “Empire” sometimes shakes up the conflict in the story. Another example is “ The Devil Quotes Scripture” is a direct line from the controversial play “The Merchant of Venice”, spoken by Antonio as he discuss business with the crafty shylock. In conclusion, I like the way the article explained season by season and how it was related to Shakespeare.

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