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    Neil Simon is an American playwright who has written more than 30 plays and almost the same amount of movie screenplays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. He begin writing his own plays in 1961. During the 1960’s to 1980’s he wrote original playwrights and screenplays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to dramatic comedy. He has received 17 Tony nominations and won 3. In one season he had four successful plays on Broadway at the same…

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    have attended the King’s New School. (William Shakespeare Biography). At this school, they taught how to read and write. Shakespeare married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway. She was 26 when they married. Both Shakespeare and Hathaway had their first child, Susanna, in 1583. After a couple years, Anne Hathaway…

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    Macbeth Biography

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    Just a few years earlier in the years 1593-94 William Shakespeare dedicated two poems to a man some think was Williams gay lover the Earl of Southampton. November 28, 1582, in Worcester, in Canterbury Province. William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway was from a small village a mile west of stratford, in Shottery. William was 8 years younger than Anne, William was 18 and Anne was 26. As it turns out, Anne was also pregnant. Their first child, a baby girl named susanna was born May 26, 1583.…

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    The Life and Death of Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh was born around 1552 in a farmhouse near Burleigh Salterton Bay on the coast of Devonshire between Exmouth and Sidmouth. His father was Walter Raleigh and his mother was Catherine Champernown. Their last names were written in great diversity but the actual spelling of “Raleigh” was adopted by Sir Walter’s widow and is the most commonly accepted spelling. There is not much know of Sir Walter’s childhood, but in 1568 he was enrolled into…

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    where he learned to read, write and found a passion for Latin and literature. After Shakespeare’s schooling years, he adventured off and did some traveling. During this time a love story of Shakespeare’s now had begun. He married his sweetheart Annie Hathaway and had three children. Their first daughter was named Susanna, and then two years later, they had twins-Hamnet and Judith. To support his family, Shakespeare became an actor and ended up being the most well-known popular actor in the…

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    records. It is believed that after completing school william attended work with his father. Some believe he teached for a period of time, this information is unknown. By the time Shakespeare pops up again he is Eighteen and getting married to Anne Hathaway, she was eight years his senior. At the time of Anne and Williams marriage Anne was three months pregnant six months later they had Susanna their oldest daughter. Following two years later Anne gave birth to twins Judith and Hamnet.…

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    was published. In 1596, Shakespeare’s 11 year old son, Hamlet, passed away. This later inspired him to write the play, Hamlet, Which is still performed in theaters across the world. Shakespeare had 3 children with his wife, a farmers daughter, Anne Hathaway. The two were married in 1582. William Shakespeare made many contributions to society, mostly…

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    In the sixteenth century one of the greatest poets, play writers, author, actor, and business men, William Shakespeare known and will be known probably for the rest of time as the greatest Poets and plat writers, with his Creative, inventive, and intuitive style of writing in every one of his plays and poems. Throughout the entirety of his life we see his creative genius in the beginning, middle, and end of his life, always expressing his genius in everything he did throughout his life.…

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    Gender Roles In Chaucer

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    In Chaucer’s satirical comedy The Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare’s play King Lear, women are portrayed in a negative light. In both time periods, female characters are supposed to be submissive and obedient to their husbands; furthermore, as seen in the text, women are frowned upon for being knowledgeable and independent. Each author uses his work to promote their opinion on gender roles in society. In the fourteenth century, society was based on hierarchal status and women were at the…

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    The play is written in 1945, after the end of Second World War but the play was set on a spring evening in 1912, which is two years before the World War One. J.B. Priestly have set the play 35 years in past so that he can involve the audience in the play. The play is about social responsibility. Priestley uses the play to present his ideas on responsibility and society. Priestly voices his numerous concerns through the play including political ideologies, the rights of the working classes and…

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