... content is so intelligent and profound. A strong educational background is therefore needed. It is also necessary that the author be fluent, or at least familiar, in many languages, such as French, Italian, Latin and Greek. This is a valid point because almost all of the Shakespearean plays are based upon or stemmed from another author's work, many of which were not translated ... to English yet (Bethel 50). Some examples of this are Hamlet, which was taken from the French Histoires Tragiques; the French dialogue contained in Henry V; Othello, which was based on the 3 Italian Hecatommit...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of Christ. The Twelfth Night is January 5th, the last day of the Christmas Season before Epiphany (January 6th), and often included feasting along with the removal of Christmas decorations. French and English celebrations of Twelfth Night included a King's Cake, remembering the visit of the Three Magi, and ale or wine (a King's Cake is part of the observance of Mardi Gras ... in French Catholic culture of the Southern USA). In some cultures, the King's Cake was part of the celebration of the day of Epiphany (The Twelve Days of Christmas 1). So, even though ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 1602 by William Shakespeare. It is based on the Historia Danica (1200) by Saxo Grammaticus, a Danish historian who wrote it in Latin. Later, an Italian version by Bandello, translated into French by Belleforest in his Cent Histoires Tragiques, was rendered into English in 1608 (Greenan, 83). In Shakespeare's play, the death of Old King Hamlet triggers different actions in its major ... ...

• Word Count: 1979
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... , English writers and poets had, for the first time, begun to try to create literature in their native tongue that could stand up to the greatest works written in Latin, French, or Italian. And in 1599, a thirty-five-year-old playwright named William Shakespeare was enjoying his prosperity as one of the most successful people working in the London theatre. His ... ...

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... . Notice that at the end of the second line the pun in "resolve into a dew!/," Where "a dew"(132) has the dual connotation of water, and the phonetic value of the French word for goodbye, "adieu." It implies that he wishes to change into a "goodbye," or, to disappear. In the next two lines Hamlet is clearly discussing suicide with the mention of ... ...

• Word Count: 630
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... film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, takes on not only the role of Hamlet and of director of the film, but also of auteur. In film criticism, an "auteur", which is French for "author", is a director who so dominates the filmmaking process, especially in adaptations, that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur of the motion picture. Thus, the auteur ... ...

• Word Count: 1520
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• Grade Level: High School