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    How Did Shakespeare Exist

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    Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford, England. No birth records exists. People believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564. This is the date scholars acknowledged as his date of birth. Shakespeare is the third child of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local banded heiress. He has two older sisters, Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund. Scholars have claimed that he most likely attended the King’s New School in…

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    Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1564. Little is known about his life, but between about 1590 and 1613, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and collaborated on several more. Macbeth, a play written by Shakespeare, a tragic story that focuses on the main character, Macbeth and the consequences of his actions. Towards the end of play, Macbeth has turned into this cold-blooded murderer. Macbeth can be seen as this wholly evil because murders of several characters throughout the book;…

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    James crept away from Lazarinth before he had to fight his way through the main hall. He had no wish to attract any attention to his friend. James had walked the castle halls many times, and knew that after the main hall he had to run down a hallway, and then take the left at the end of the hallway. James judged his options, and figured that the best strategy here would be to run for it. James bolted towards the door kicking a ghoul in the head in the process. Every ghoul in the room turned…

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    The most ironic situation is that the parent’s of the greatest renowned English writer was illiterate. William Shakespeare, also known as the “Bard of Avon”, was a famous poet, playwright, and actor during the Elizabethan era. Several of Shakespeare’s prominent works, including Macbeth and A Midnight Summer’s Dream is still widely read today and used for educational purposes. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local landed heiress.…

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    King Lear Accomplishments

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    William Shakespeare is highly regarded for his literary works, and one of the greatest studied authors in literature. However, there is hardly any record of Shakespeare’s childhood, other than he born around the time of his baptism that took place on April 26th, 1564, and attended the Stratford grammar school, where he would have studied classical writings and Latin. Though we know very little about his education or what prompted his writings, we do know that around the year 1594 Shakespeare was…

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    William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English history. He was born on 23 April 1564 in Stratford. He had seven other siblings, and his parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. William was the 3rd child of John and Mary Shakespeare. Scholars have said that William probably attended the king's new school in Stratford. William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28th, 1584. They had three children, Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith, but Hamnet died at age 11 from…

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    people. These memorials take years to build and cost an arm and a leg to design and construct (Roadside America). For something that takes as much time, dedication, and cash as a monument does, certain things need to be taken seriously into consideration. When building a monument, people should pay close attention to the strategic placement and specific design of the memorial. If these are not given careful consideration a monument will not be successful. At the beginning of a memorials…

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    A broadly known speech that makes evident the power of rhetoric is “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Junior, which was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. This civil rights leader proclaimed his views about human equality for all African Americans to have equals opportunities in the United States. His speech is known as one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in history. His symbolism, powerful persuasion, tone and diction helped to create an impact on his public…

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    don’t even think about it. I know I never really thought about it until reading into how it’s done and what affects our decision. During Memorial Day weekend, I used System 2 decision making. This is a more conscious and logical method than system 1. When I went shopping to get new shoes, my sister told me that Payless had a “buy one get one half off” sale for memorial day weekend. I knew that Payless already had decent prices for shoes and that fact enhanced my decision to go looking for shoes…

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    What do we commemorate? Date/Time: 2nd November Learning area(s): History, English, Civics and Citizenship Year: 3 Learning objectives - Understand what a commemoration is and that it is connected to real life events that occurred in the past - Australians commemorate some important events - Compare and contrast information about remembrance Curriculum links History (ACARA, 2014a) • Days and weeks are celebrated or commemorated in Australia (Including Remembrance Day) and the importance of…

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