"The way societies think about and treat women is often considered a means of measuring how civilised they are"– Dusinberre, 2003 William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest writer and poet of the English language. ... The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... This theory is stabilised via many of his female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Gertrude in Hamlet, as according to Dall (2000): "Through Gertrude's marriage to Hamlet's uncle and ...

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In the summer of 1606, Shakespeare sat contented as King James I, rapt with awe, watched Macbeth. ... He wrote Basilicon Doron, which translated means "the Kingly Gift." ... There are many differences between the Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Mac Beth who ruled Scotland almost a millennium ago. Modern sources suggest the picture Shakespeare paints of Scotland in 1044 is based on rumors and the little they knew of the it in 1606, and due to new findings we have a better understanding of this history. ... Malcolm Canmore, which means "Big Head" in Gaelic, raised an army with ...

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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), English playwright and poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. Hundreds of editions of his plays have been published, including translations in all major languages. ... sidebar GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE From Richard III English dramatist William Shakespeare portrayed Richard III, king of England from 1483 to 1485, as bitter, deformed, and conniving. ... During this period England saw an outpouring of poetry and drama, led by Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, and Christopher Marlowe, that remains unsurpassed in English literar...

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The English period of Renaissance led to the breaking of the medieval knowledge and philosophy, infusing a new spirit of freedom, introducing a note of patriotism and national glorification, and also accompanying a revolt against the authority of the Pope. ... Resultant to which, he turns to Jerome's Vulgate, a fourth century translation of the Bible, "When all is done, divinity is best, Jerome's Bible, Faustus, view it well " (I.i.38), in order to complete the four areas of study that constitute the quadrivium. ... Perhaps the most noteworthy of which was the Latin translation in...

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For these wealthy people, an evening at Glyndebourne is a social rite, a rare chance to behave like a true English eccentric, ("Smiles of a Summer Night"). ... Performances of Shakespeare's plays are not isolated, unrelated occurrences. ... I will start with a general analysis of the topic related to Shakespeare's text. ... Indeed, Shakespeare's text suggests that the magical creatures of A Midsummer Night's Dream could be explained as physical allegories of nature. ... Shakespeare's Puck himself acknowledges that he is the cause of little domestic accidents...

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