On April 26, 1564 in the prosperous English town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the first son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden was baptized and christened William Shakespeare. ... As William grew up he attended the Stratford grammar school. ... Perhaps the base for young William's later works began to take form in his early years. ... In 1596 William's only son died at age 11. ... We will likely always remain in question as to who William Shakespeare really was. ...

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By the point of adolescence, arguably every individual in the western world will have heard of William Shakespeare in one way or another- whether it be from a play that was put on by the high school drama department, or merely by seeing his name as they aimlessly flip through HBO and come across "that one Leonardo DiCaprio movie". ... Shakespeare, in a way, is a brand. ... As a result of history's tendency to reinforce this notion of superiority, William Shakespeare has been consistently described as "the greatest writer in the English language", as well as a "pre...

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Introduction William Shakespeare: one of the most well-known authors in history. ... His Life Due to the lack of preserved documentation, very little is known about William Shakespeare's life. ... Unfortunately, William's two older siblings died young. ... Very little else is known about William until the year 1592. ... His Work When most people think of William Shakespeare, they think "playwright". ...

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William Shakespeare defines love in different ways in his writing as either being romantic love, lust, or mature love. ... "Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by William Shakespeare, which has a romantic love, but however, ends as a tragedy. ... Shakespeare shows the reader how love can affect a person's life when you feel strongly towards another that you would take your own life to stay with the one you love and never be separated. ...

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William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, and died on the same day fifty-two years later in 1616. ... Shakespeare mostly worked on his poems and plays during 1589-1613. ... Shakespeare was the son of John and Mary. ... Which is why Shakespeare didn't attend university. ... In 1616, Shakespeare died in Stratford. ...

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There is ample reason to support either side; some believe that William Shakespeare, born in Stratford-upon-Avon is the true author of these masterpieces, while others consider the creator to be another. It may well be that the true author of these works is William Shakespeare, and there is substantial evidence to verify this opinion. ... Additionally, the editors of Shakespeare's works were the two editors featured in his will, tying further connection to William Shakespeare as the author. ... It is argued that William Shakespeare could not have known the slang of the many different g...

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So it also has a bit of his personal life, as it can be said that very little is known about the personal life of William Shakespeare. ... In the first, it describes and explains the relevant historical, social, political and cultural conditions of the times in which he lived William Shakespeare. ... After this William Shakespeare began writing his works. ... 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 be together, the enmity between their families. ... The play Romeo and Juliet gav...

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Franklin 1 Tiffany Franklin Coach Short EH 9-3 7 October 2002 William Shakespeare No one really knows when William Shakespeare was born. ... The house on Henley Street in Stratford, owned by William's father, John, is accepted as Shakespeare's birthplace, but, because John Shakespeare owned one house on Greenhill Street and two houses on Henley Street, the exact location of William's birth cannot be known for certain. ... It's most likely that William planned the funeral for his younger brother, because William would have been the only Shakespeare wealthy enough to...

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Continuing a tradition that has stood for centuries, William Shakespeare is in this day and age considered one of the greatest authors of all time. ... (Shakespeare's Characters, 470) As Shakespeare introduces other characters the reader finds that Olivia herself will not accept the love of Duke Orsino because she is grieving over the loss of her brother. ... Although he was not alive at the same time as Shakespeare, Harold Bloom argues, "Like all the other strongest plays by Shakespeare, Twelfth Night is of no genre.""... (Shakespeare's Characters, 466) Just as Shakespeare'...

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William was a great English playwright, dramatist, and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. ... Shakespeare was to use courtly English, street slang and his own local dialect. ... For the other hand, Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. ... Another key thing to remember, Shakespeare exemplifies and demonstrates this. ... In 1623, the year in which Shakespeare's First Folio was published. ...

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2 The Life of William Shakespeare During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in April of 1564, William Shakespeare was born to Mary and John Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire (Martin 16). ... William was Mary and John's third child. ... William's father was an important citizen, so William probably had a fairly privileged childhood (Martin 17). ... Shakespeare made his living among players (Levi 53). ... Shakespeare's fame became so great that even plays he did not write were put out under his name (Martin 83). 5 Finally, at the age of 52, on what is general...

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William Shakespeare On April 26, 1564, John Shakespeare's son, William, was baptized at the Stratford Parish Church. ... Shakespeare's formal William Shakespeare was born in the year of 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. ... John Shakespeare was a tanner, and a glove maker. ... John Shakespeare was a tanner, and a glove maker. ... John Shakespeare was a tanner, and a glove maker. ...

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Likely the most influential writer in all of English literature and certainly the most important playwright of the English Renaissance, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. ... Shakespeare's sonnets follow the pattern "abab cdcd efef gg". ... Love and Beauty The backbone of Shakespeare's sonnets is love. ... Immortality Shakespeare, like many sonneteers, portrays time as an enemy of love. ... Shakespeare finds the answer to this perennial contemplation. ...

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Even Shakespeare in Love is a variation of the play William Shakespeare wrote. The movie is the classic Romeo and Juliet, but with a twist, the main lovers are William Shakespeare and a woman named Viola de Lesseps. ... The story of Shakespeare in Love is that the playwright William Shakespeare has sold his future play to two different men and theaters (Shakespeare in Love). ... William sees through her disguise and they begin a love affair. ... William began to look for his muse, his inspiration. ...

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As one of the greatest wordsmiths of all time, William Shakespeare made powerful use of imagery to convey the themes and subject matter in his poetry and plays. ... Shakespeare compared the features of his mistress to those of nature, seemingly mocking her looks, ("Coral is far more red than her lips' red"). ... These observations of Shakespeare's also put to shame the over the top ramblings of other authors odes of love to their women, the hidden meaning (purpose?) ... Shakespeare also used figures of speech well to explain his subject matter. ... In the second sonnet, Shakespeare u...

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In sonnets 116 and 20 William Shakespeare imagines this pure, spiritual love without any sexual follow through. ... Love, to Shakespeare, is not a condition. ... Shakespeare did not see him as a man, though. ... The penis is of no use to Shakespeare. ... In compliance with the theory stated above, William Shakespeare's perfect mate would be a combination of both sexes. ...

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William Shakespeare uses this technique of tone to describe what love is about. ... Sonnet 116 is basically Shakespeare's definition of love. ... William Shakespeare also goes on to saying what love is not. ... In sonnet 130, Shakespeare uses a different approach to love. ... However Shakespeare makes all these examples to prove a point. ...

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The words and quotes of the William Shakespeare can be found everywhere. ... The advertising media love to make use of William Shakespeare quotes and sayings. ... However, many expressions that we use every day originated in William Shakespeare's plays. ... People are fascinated by the works of William Shakespeare. ... I am also the one who got fascinated by the works of William Shakespeare. ...

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William Shakespeare is considered to be one of greatest play writes of all time. ... Given this scenario, there is still no doubt that Shakespeare contributed to the richness of our language today. ... First, Shakespeare has left behind many works. ... Shakespeare's faith in man and scorn on injustice are just among the many things learned through his work. ... Thus, Shakespeare's works will never grow old with time....

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William Shakespeare was a master at incorporating love in his sonnets. ... "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines and often is his gold complexion dimmed;" (Shakespeare). ... "That it could so preposterously be stained to leave for nothing all thy sum of good" (Shakespeare). ... "Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments" (Shakespeare). ... Shakespeare used these three themes, and many others, to help centralize his main idea of his sonnets. ...

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William Shakespeare touches on this issue in a number of his works. ... However, in his play "The Winter's Tale," Shakespeare deviates from the standard to which women were regarded. ... Knapp, associate Professor of Shakespeare and Textual Studies at Loyola University Chicago, suggests that the "Philosophical exegesis will measure the distance that separates myth from real being, and will become conscious of the creative event itself, an event which eludes cognition .Criticism, in interpreting, will choose and will limit " (278). ... Here, Knapp suggests an original interpretation of Sha...

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By that time William Shakespeare was thirty-two years old. ... When William's fater, John Shakespeare died , he left no will. ... William Shakespeare died a month later. ... William Shakespeare was a good man who led a good life. ... William Shakespeare is one of the greatest authors of all times. ...

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Shakespeare and His Religion It is known that William Shakespeare did not follow or support any one religion. ... Professor Hopkins agreed, saying Shakespeare was probably a humanist (Shakespeare and Religion 1). ... Shakespeare used this knowledge to his advantage. ... However, Shakespeare's use of religion in Twelfth Night is a bit different. ... How many kinds of Shakespeare (Knight 118)!" ...

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The poem was written by William Shakespeare. ... Doom, in Shakespeare's day was not necessarily bad; it was just a time of judgment. ... Shakespeare says if what I have said is wrong; then, I have never written anything. Notice proved and loved don't really rhyme, but if Shakespeare used the Scottish pronunciation of the word "loved"; then it would sound more like "loved." ...

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Symbolism and Imagery in A Midsummer Night's Dream In A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare brilliantly uses the night as a motif which plays a valuable role in the play. ... Shakespeare associates the moon with love. ... Shakespeare uses symbolism to strengthen the motif of night; he uses symbols associated with the night. ... Shakespeare includes the aspect of vision and its relation to darkness. ... William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream presents a romantic comedy with the sense love is most associated with -the sense of sight- taken away in a motif ...

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