Taming Of The Shrew And A Midsummer Night's

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Shakespeare the playwright was very dramatic and his plays dealt with a variety of themes and character types. Most of his plays are tragedies or comedies, and very few of them end happily. Love is a major theme in all his plays, and he tends to make love destructive and as a tool used to change people. In Romeo and Juliet, love is ultimately what kills them, In The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio uses love to make Katharina into his submissive, and in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, love is what causes everything to get mixed up and Bottom turned into a donkey. His plays were also very fantastical, including fairies, magic, sprites, and sorcerers. He includes darker themes, such as murder and deception in his plays, themes that were not used

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Shakespeare – consider as the best playwright in the Western world. He wrote 38 plays 154 sonnets, two long narrative poet and many more. For the last 400years his words has moved hundreds of thousands of people, work has been translated into more then 80 Languages and dialects. There are enough people heard of this genius playwright – Shakespeare – a big name in English literature. But how many people in the world have actually read and understand Shakespeare’s work? Hong Kong for instant, apart…

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Mr Barnaby Bax Essay

EL2011: Encounters with Shakespeare 30 Scotcat credit points; 12 weeks Session 2013/14 Course convenor: Dr Andrew Gordon, Taylor B07; 272626; a.gordon@abdn.ac.uk Course team: Dr Thomas Rist, Taylor B15; 272832; t.rist@abdn.ac.uk Dr Dan Wall, Taylor A40, 272149; d.j.wall@abdn.ac.uk Leslie Drury , L.drury@abdn.ac.uk Dr Adam Hanna, adam.hanna@abdn.ac.uk Ian Crockatt, ian.crockatt@abdn.ac.uk This course guide should be read in conjunction with…

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Essay about Shakespeare Notes

William Shakespeare English poet & playwright, famous for comedies, tragedies, historical plays and sonnets. Most well-known author in English literature. EARLY YEARS  Probably born April 23rd 1564 (no one knows his true birthday) in Stratford-upon-Avon in England  He lived and wrote during a period of time known as the Elizabethan Era, when Queen Elizabeth I ruled England.  He attended Grammar school to study arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy, and Latin (international language in Europe)…

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William Shakespeare Essay

William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The personal history of William Shakespeare is sort of a mystery. No birth records exist. Though there are church records which state that he was baptized on April 23, 1564. So historians consider this his official birth date. Stratford-upon-Avon was near London and at Shakespeare's time, was considered as a market town. It bisected with the River Avon (hence the name). He had 5 siblings; two older sisters and three…

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