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    The Truth behind Shakespeare’s Plays The odds of someone having read Shakespeare at least once in their life is significantly high. William Shakespeare is known worldwide as a writing icon for his works such as “Romeo and Juliet”, “Macbeth”, and countless others. One impact of Shakespeare’s works is that they are commonly used as a learning tool in many schools nationwide. Students examine hidden meanings behind his literary devices and the Elizabethan era language. Although Shakespeare is…

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    Shakespeare Hardship

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    thought provoking and diverse plays. There is great argument over his lack of proper schooling and travel, as well as there are many candidates that may be the true Shakespeare. William Shakespeare did not have the resources necessary to become such a great playwright and publish such a vast amount of sonnets and plays. William Shakespeare’s…

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    Theme Of Honesty In Hamlet

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    There are many themes in any story written by any author no matter what time period they write in. Shakespeare is a very intelligent man and has many themes in every play he writes. Hamlet was written sometime before 1602 by William Shakespeare when he lived in England. Hamlet is a very interesting play because we watch the main character slowly fall and not be himself anymore. He is at ahigh point in life and he slowly just gets worse and lower in life every day. The play Hamlet is a very…

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    Summary Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. The plot centers on the young woman Hero and her would-be marriage to the brave soldier Claudio, and Hero’s cousin Beatrice who has a love/hate relationship with Claudio’s friend Benedick. The story begins when the two officers Don Pedro and Don John return victorious from war. They, and their two best soldiers Claudio and Benedick, are invited by Leonato (the governor of the town Messina) to stay at his residence.…

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    William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford, England; he was the oldest son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden (“William Shakespeare”). Mary Arden had a father, who was a landowner from a village, while John Shakespeare had a father, who was a farmer and with many positions he attended, for instance, a trader in the farm and attained in his marketplace. When he was around 13 years old, he terminated school to assist his father; when he turned 18; married with “Ann Hathaway and…

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    May 8, 2017 The Mysterious Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in 1564. William Shakespeare is known to be the best English playwright. He authored some 37 or more plays, epic poems and 154 sonnets, He retired to his hometown sometime around 1612, where he died. Shakespeare worked the English language…

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    William Shakespeare is an English poet and playwright is most notably known for his tragedies which deal with the internal combat between familial obligations and emotions, the need to seek vengeance, and overpowering ambition he composed. However, he also produced numerous lines of prose and multitude of dramatic works that dealt with the enigmatic and dangerous human experience that shrouds the feeling of love. Shakespeare’s writings scrutinize the multiplicity of relationships that can derive…

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    memorize his many different poems and reinterpret the words of the text he written. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon a town 100 miles NW of London, He was born April 23, 1564 and sadly died on the same day 52 years later. On the contrary to that Shakespeare father John was a man of many jobs; he was into farming, wood trading, tanning, leather work, money leading and hand very many more jobs. William Shakespeare mother had 8 children, he was the 3rd but during his childhood…

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    William Shakespeare had a lot of success in his life and accomplishments. He became a shareholder in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men for the rest of his career in 1594, was given a royal license from King James and so did his fellow players. Wrote his most accomplished plays about courtly power during King James’s reign. Shakespeare was able to change peoples lives with his plays while he was dead. The plays sort of help make and shape this continent, he was able to make theater, literature, and…

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    William Shakespeare was said to be born on April 23, 1564, also known as St. George’s Day (Ackroyd 3). Shakespeare was baptized two days later on April 26, 1564 in Holy Trinity Church (Life par. 2). He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker (Life par. 2). Shakespeare was very lucky to survive; nine percent of children died within a week of being born and eleven percent died within being a month old (Ackroyd 4). Shakespeare is known to have…

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