... is that Shakespeare's sonnets were not fiction. In fact, the Bard's famous 14-line poems were subjective, highly autobiographical accounts of his life. As the Black Death was making its voyage from Sicily to conquer the European countries, an eager Shakespeare might have been contemplating whether or not to write a comedy or a drama. However, as soon as the plague did reach ... expressions of emotions and thoughts that obviously are illusory manifestations of real life feelings. In order for Shakespeare to create this extreme version of the subjectivity present in his sonnets, a fantast...

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... a scholar, seem not to believe that the ghost is real, and then finally become convinced, helps to persuade the audience that supernatural powers are at play. The audience undertake the voyage of discovery alongside Horatio. Several uneducated sentinels who are already convinced of the apparition's existence would not produce the same tension. It is therefore important for the audience to have ... reactions of the characters, the content of the speeches, the way the lines have been structured, and the information that the audience has learnt, have therefore all combined to promise a fan...

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