Shakespeare lived during the reign of Elizabeth the first, a period where women wore makeup made of poisonous lead and people believed the body was composed of 4 humors, blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. Given this information it’s hard to believe that anything written during this time could possibly keep people enthralled but Shakespeare has endured the test of time. His work has been imitated, modernized but never duplicated. Love was a theme Shakespeare frequently wrote about. Sonnet 29 can be summarized “When I’m sad I think about you and then my sadness is gone.” This isn’t anything new it’s a statement most lovers can relate to. This isn’t what makes Shakespeare great, what makes Shakespeare great is the eloquent way he words
