Shakespeare's plays

wrote thirty-seven plays and one-hundred and fifty-four sonnets throughout his lifetime. Twenty-four of Shakespeare’s sonnets address his so called mistress the Dark Lady. While one hundred and twenty-six sonnets are centered around a young man and Shakespeare love for him. The sonnets centered around the Dark Lady express sexual distaste, lust, and attachment. While those centered around the young man express friendship and admiration of the male form. Exploring the way Shakespeare’s love…

William Shakespeare had a very interesting life that greatly affected his plays. He was the oldest son, born third of eight children, on April 23, 1564, in Stanford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare attended King’s New School in Stanford, 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…

became very popular, also Shakespeare began publishing and selling his work. By 1597 he had fifteen plays published and by 1599 Shakespeare and a few business built their own theater on the bank of the Thames River. They later named it The Globe (“Prezi 3”). Some of Shakespeare’s earlier plays include Richard II, Henry VI, Henry V and of course the iconic Romeo and Juliet. Most of his earlier plays demonstrate the common theme of the consequences of weak rulers. However, he also wrote…

line, is a parody. This poem encapsulates the epitome of beauty for a woman by exhibiting ideal feminine qualities through similes and metaphors that compare a woman’s characteristics to beautiful features of nature. However, Shakespeare phrases his play to say that the speaker’s mistress does not possess such goddess-like qualities, but is as beautiful as any ordinary woman. In “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun”, Shakespeare dismantles the ideologies of such a perfect woman that…

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a pair of teenage lovers is introduced, whose love leads to their tragic demise. Whilst Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own behaviours, Shakespeare demonstrates that other factors beyond their control contribute to their predicament. Being from opposing families, the toxic feud greatly influences Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. In addition, the concept of fate does not fall lightly on the lovers, however, it is evident that the lovers’…

William Shakespeare is widely recognized as the greatest influence in English literature. He was an English poet, actor and playwright. Shakespeare's extant work consists of many plays, sonnets and narrative poems. His plays are one of literature's greatest legacies, which are divided into many genres such as histories, tragedies and comedies. From famous tragedies like Macbeth and Richard III, there are many similarities as well as differences. These similarities and differences are shown in…

being the elder brother in the family. William Shakespeare’s younger siblings were Edmund, Gilbert, Richard, Anne and Joan. His relationship towards his younger siblings is unknown and remains a mystery. (Shakespeare’s life.). William Shakespeare’s father had a blue-collar job, and worked initially as a leatherworker. William…

works in relation to theatre. Some of his most famous works and most discussed are Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. Not only did he create several plays that are still taught in the modern world, he created a few poems/sonnets that are also still highly acknowledged. A sonnet is a piece of literature that is only fourteen lines long. Many of the poets of Shakespeare’s time had their own rhyme scheme. Shakespeare also created his own personalized sonnet style which are now known as Shakespearean…

Explore the ways that ideas about relationships are developed in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and the “The Sonnets”. There are many ways in which Shakespeare presents associations in “The Sonnets” and the scenes from “Romeo and Juliet”. A sonnet consists of 14 lines and is usually wrote in the form of an iambic pentameter. Furthermore, it has 3 quatrains and 1 couplet in the end which is very pithy and full of meaning. However, sometimes it has volta which is change in the theme or ideas.…

In "Sonnet 91" by William Shakespeare the poem raises the question of the value of love, which is answered through Shakespeare's play on words and the narrator's own preferences of his kind of love. This poem captivates the reader's interest and causes them to understand how love is different from wealth or possessions. William Shakespeare in "Sonnet 91" uses metaphors and tone variety to exemplify the vulnerability of love when it is placed first above all else in life. Shakespeare uses…