Ben Jonson

The Elizabethan Era was from November 17th 1558 to March 24th 1603. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She became queen at the age of 25, after the death of her half-sister Mary I (the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon). Her half-brother, Edward VI (the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour) reigned over England and Ireland from January 28th 1547 to July 3rd 1553, crowned on February 20th at the age of nine. He died at the age of fifteen, declaring…

His daughter had also married a doctor, of which shakespeare was acquainted with and the subject of potions appeared in Macbeth, A Midsummer’s night dream, and Romeo and Juliet. Another piece of evidence pointing to the authorship of his plays is Ben Jonson and John Webster’s commentaries on him and his plays (Pruitt 2). In the commentaries, they directly refer to him and his company. Another undeniable fact is the use of slang in his works. Would an aristocrat have been able to reproduce the…

“To be or not to be” wrote William Shakespeare in his play Hamlet. Or did he? For years intellectuals have debated whether Shakespeare really wrote his 154 sonnets and 37 plays (Pruitt). Despite the present-day lack of evidence to prove Shakespeare’s authorship and the myriad theories to the contrary, the balance tips toward concluding that Shakespeare is the one true author of his impactful collection of works. When people start to question the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays they…

Known throughout the world for his wonderful works, William Shakespeare was a playwright, actor, and poet, he is also known as one of England’s most famous poets. He was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and today is recognized by almost all people. For the past four hundred years, his works have been performed all over the world. He wrote a total of 37 plays and 157 different sonnets that are categorized as histories, tragedies,…

Also comedy have a several types Farce, Romantic Comedy, Satirical Comedy, Sentimental comedy, Black comedy, Comedy of humours and Comedy of manners. The Farce is a form of low comedy, whose intention is to provoke simple mirth in the form of roars of laughter (and not smiles); it uses exaggerated physical action, character and absurd situation, with improbable events, a complex plot, with events rapidly succeeding one another, pushing character and dialogue into the background. The origins of…

To refute this claim, many author big writers didn’t put their names on manuscripts; Famous writers like Ben Jonson, who wrote the first ecology, and much more authors didn’t write their names on the manuscripts. Also, why didn’t people, who believed Christopher Marlowe or Edward De Vere was the true author say he was? That’s right because they were both dead…

Shakespeare or not William Shakespeare was undoubtedly described as a genius playwright, however many question if he was the actual author or if there are other possibilities. It’s a known possibility that the name “Shakespeare” might have been a penname or a group of writers that got grouped under one name. There are scholars and credible people who believe there is strong evidence that Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, was the author of these plays and poems. Despite two hundred…

How were William Shakespeare’s and Queen Elizabeth I lives intersected. Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare had the same passion for the theatre, did they encounter one another ever, how did they both define their era. William Shakespeare baptized April 26, 1564-April 23, 1616, Married Anne Hathaway and had 3 kids together, some of Shakespear’s famous plays (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Julius Caesar, As you like it, Much Ado About Nothing), famous sonnets (18, 116,…

Queen Elizabeth I was an important monarchial leader who greatly reformed and helped England to thrive. Born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich England, she was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. The role of women was very insignificant during the time of Elizabeth’s period. They were expected to be housewives and mothers. Women during this time frame were considered to be weak, and it was always thought to be that women needed someone to take care of them, such as…

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