... a good beginning Ends Well, Troilus and grown and Hamlet. In 1604 he wrote Othello and Measure for measure. In 1605 King Lear. In 1606 wrote Macbeth. In 1607 Antony and Cleopatra in 1608 and Cariolano. Undoubtedly the highlight was William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, this play is about two young men who fall in love but it has great obstacle to ... ...

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... so. Boys played the female roles in Shakespeare's theater, and they might have been more convincing as young girls than as more mature women (though audiences presumably found a boy playing Cleopatra or Lady Macbeth satisfactory). Shakespeare emphasizes the over-hastiness and premature nature of this love affair and probably felt he was underlining this theme at a time when marriage at fifteen ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School