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London: where it all began for Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers in the english language. This paper will be about a section in the book Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt. In this book Greenblatt talks about London back in the 16th century and how the city influenced Shakespeare’s work. Greenblatt discusses the different opportunities and dangers that took place in the city at the time. This paper will include the opportunities the city had to offer, the dangers the city had to offer and share my ideas on what the city had to offer that helped influenced Shakespeare to become what he turned out to be. Let’s begin with, the opportunities one could find in the city of London in the 16th century. In the 16th Century, the city of London was growing rapidly. This growth offered many opportunities for Londoners or future newcomers. People from all over the country, both men and women, many in their late teens, wanted to move to the city because they thought they could build a new life and would have work, money and power, and pretty much thought that could have a better future. London grew so rapidly that it was one place where someone could go to and the whole city would not know them or someone would not know the person who sells them things. “ A place where you could dream of escaping your origins and turning into someone else”, (Greenblatt, P.166) With that being said, Shakespeare could have thought that this city could be his…

A. Read the following text and answer the questions that follow. New building, New Name The Shard, formerly referred to as the London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey skyscraper in Southward, London. The Shard is currently the 87th tallest building in the world, the second tallest building in the United Kingdom, and the fourth tallest building in Europe. The structure became known as The Shard, after negative criticism that stated that the building is "a shard of glass through the heart of…

Assembled on either side of Waterloo Bridge is London's most vital expressions complex, the Southbank Center. Worked in 1951, this huge solid structure incorporates the Royal Festival Hall (home to instrumental and choral exhibitions), the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room. These settings offer a gigantic collection of music, and in addition an expansive determination of performing expressions including move and emulate, supper club and parody. The complex additionally incorporates the…

Chaucer, the narrator, opens the General Prologue with a describing the flourishing plants, and the chirping birds of April. Around this time of year people begin go on a pilgrimage to visit shrines and religious monuments in distant holy lands, but the majority during this time choose to travel to Canterbury. Canterbury is the site of Canterbury Cathedral where the relics of Saint Thomas Becket are stored. Pilgrims journey there to thank the martyr for helping them in their time of need.…

St. John Rigby was one of the forty martyrs of England who was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. St. John was born somewhere close to Wigan, England and had friendly relations with the church. When St. John admitted that he was a Catholic, the people didn't seem to like it and he was placed in a nearby prison called Newgate. On June 21, he was hanged at a place called Southwark. St. John was given two chances to change his word but refused and is now a martyr. The feast day of St. John Rigby is…

cost about 1400 pounds in 1614 which is is over $410,000 U.S. dollars today. The new theater had fire protective coating over the thatching to prevent another fire. This new theater lasted until 1642 when under the force of the Puritans because of their strict religious beliefs the English Parliament issued an ordinance suppressing all stage plays in all theaters. In 1644 the Globe Theater number two was demolished by the Puritans. In 1660 the demise in Puritan powers allowed theaters to be…

I am twenty-two years old and I am a Blacksmith in Southwark, London, on the south bank of the river Thames. I work in a small shop with my dad who gives me a 1/3 of his wage which is two pounds per day. It hasn’t all been easy. When I first started at twelve years of age, my dad gave me permission to make my own axe. As I pulled the hot iron out of the forge, some of the hot coals fell on the ground and started a fire. Our workshop went up flames and I have been paying for the new one ever…

blaming the design of those estates for fostering crime and poverty. But on the other hand, the buildings once considered as a blot in the landscape are now national treasures. Nowadays, we can witness long queues to buy flats in brutalist masterpieces such as the Barbican in London or Patrick Hodgkinson’s Brunswick Centre. This debate also occurs in the context of a liberal and capitalism oriented world, where the state withdraws itself step by step from social housing provision and changes to…

The globe theatre is a very historical place. The globe was built in 1599, using materials from an older theatre which was built in 1576. It is a very interesting place considering all of the plays, and the famous people that watched, wrote or even took part in the plays. Some of the most popular plays in the world were shown and acted out in the globe theatre. The exact pinpoint location is currently unknown, they have only been able to get an idea of its location by finding pieces of the…

Most of these plays were performed at the Globe Theatre. Today it is known as the Shakespeare Globe Theatre. When the Globe Theater first was built, the carpenters till performed, even after many transitions of destruction and reconstruction of the building. And workmen used lumber from a previous theatre that was torn down. Many great plays were performed in this theatre. Many of these plays are still performed in another theater nearby to the place that the Globe theatre once stood. …