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    William Shakespeare has crafted various compositions throughout his admirable lifetime and is honored by many writers and readers today. It’s impressive to see how Shakespeare started at square one and worked all the way up to finest dramatist in the world. He’s taken occupations such as, actor, playwright, and poet, to the next level with his vivid imagination. His mark on the world’s literature will forever remain. Throughout his admirable life, he created around 37 plays, 150 sonnets, 2 major…

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    Cultural criticism is exploring or examining the relationship of dominant role based on ethnicity, and sexual identity of person, also a great understanding of yourself. Historical is basically know the background story before you making assumptions off the text, and to better understand text lookup time period close to the time like 1600’s for Othello by William Shakespeare. To sum up the whole play Othello, in act one Othello is Accused of using black magic, witchcraft, and etc on Desdemona…

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    English and different languages. During the Renaissance, Shakespeare amended the two-dimensional writing style of drama. The disruption accepted in the social ranking allowed Shakespeare to research humanity of every character regardless of their social hierarchy. Shakespeare knowledge of Greek and Roman languages were used when writing his plays. Before the Renaissance, the texts had been abolished by the Catholic…

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    Topic Since the eighteenth century, scholars have debated whether William Shakespeare, high school dropout and glove maker’s son from the backwoods town of Stratfordupon-Avon, would have had the education, sophistication and literary skill to have written plays that are considered the most important works of literature in English. In the course of this debate, scholars have put forward many contenders as the “real author” of the plays, Queen Elizabeth I, Francis Bacon, and Christopher Marlowe.…

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    “The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present” -Niccolo Maciavelli Deeply disturbing. Machiavelli and ‘his prince’ are seen as synonym for evil. Machiavelli was a 16th century Italian diplomat, historian, philosopher and play write. His magnum opus “The Prince” created shock among the people. It was something new for them. A man who was giving advices to princes to be cruel, cunning, ruthless and deceitful created a sense of fear among people and…

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    arguably the best tragedy ever written, was his only play that mentioned this horned mammal. Ironically enough, there is another hostile, belligerent, and ruthless being written about in this work. As you may have guessed, I am referencing the main character, Macbeth,…

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    The Merchant of Venice: Comedy or Tragedy? Many would agree that William Shakespeare is one of the world’s greatest playwrights. He is known for his ability to entertain audiences and capture their affections through his beloved characters. Many of his plays contain themes that are everlasting and able to move audiences through several generations. One play in particular, though, leaves many critics asking questions about how to classify the drama. Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, is…

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    William Shakespeare was a brilliant man of the seventeenth century. He did not attend college, but he went to a grammar school where they pushed Roman literature, history, and Greek literature or mythology on the pupils (William Shakespeare). While it took William Shakespeare a few years to become a man who writes well and is to be believed by those who chose to read his writings. Not only was he a writer of many plays, he was also a great actor. Shakespeare had the privilege of working with…

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    form biased opinions. Forced Entertainment seems to play with how they want their audience to react during this event. O’Connor gives very little information on Paris; she speaks for him in quick, simple remarks although he could be a sympathetic character. Instead O’Connor focuses all of the action around Romeo, even Juliet is someone slanted as O’Connor gives her neutral movements and an easy way of speaking. When O’Connor voices Romeo or reacts to Romeo it is as if she is talking about a son.…

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    Macbeth, a phenomenal play written by William Shakespeare heavily involves around the supernatural as well as the witches. With the presence of these indispensable factors, mystery is added to the play making it an absolute captivating read. The witches play an important role in the play Macbeth. They told equivocations in the means of creating destruction to mankind. As well as blinding the foolish eyes of those who are massively devoured by greed and ambition. Throughout the play, the witches’…

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