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The Reasons Behind Shakespeare’s Influence and Popularity
Ben Jonson anticipated Shakespeare’s dazzling future when he declared, “He was not of an age, but for all time!” in the preface to the First Folio. While most people know that Shakespeare is, in fact, the most popular dramatist and poet the Western world has ever produced, students new to his work often wonder why this is so. The following are the top four reasons why Shakespeare has stood the test of time.
1) Illumination of the Human Experience
Shakespeare’s ability to summarize the range of human emotions in simple yet profoundly eloquent verse is perhaps the greatest reason for his enduring popularity. If you cannot find words to express how you feel about love or music or growing older, Shakespeare can speak for you. No author in the Western world has penned more beloved passages. Shakespeare’s work is the reason John Bartlett compiled the first major book of familiar quotations. Read the rest of this entry »
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SHAKESPEARE, 1564-1616.
William Shakespeare, by universal consent the greatest author of England, if not of the world, occupies chronologically a central position in the Elizabethan drama. He was born in 1564 in the good-sized village of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire, near the middle of England, where the level but beautiful country furnished full external stimulus for a poet’s eye and heart. His father, John Shakespeare, who was a general dealer in agricultural products and other commodities, was one of the chief citizens of the village, and during his son’s childhood was chosen an alderman and shortly after mayor, as we should call it. Read the rest of this entry »
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William Shakespeare facts are few and far between. While we know alot about the playwright’s works, Shakespeare facts concerning the Bard’s personal life are less forthcoming.
Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. The closest we can come is the date of his baptism on April the 26th, 1564. By tradition and guesswork, William is assumed to have been born three days earlier on April the 23rd, a date now commonly used to celebrate the famous Bard’s birthday. Read the rest of this entry »
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William Shakespeare a.k.a. The Bard is known simply as the greatest playwright ever. But Shakespeare has also made very important contributions in the fields of acting and English literature.
William Shakespeare is considered to be a playwright, poet and actor par excellence. Shakespeare’s works have been interpreted over the ages by different people differently. Shakespeare’s works have given rise to countless movie plots and sub plots. The Bard as he is better known as, has also contributed to our lexicon by adding phrases such as “in the limelight”. Read the rest of this entry »
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The characters in ‘Hamlet’ are a true replica of human nature. Read on and know the analysis of characters in Hamlet
The play ‘Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark’ is one of the four greatest tragedies of William Shakespeare. It is the longest play written by him and also one of the most powerful. The play is about the conflict of a person, who had to chose between moral values and personal revenge.
Understanding Hamlet
Hamlet is a complex play involving the themes of revenge, treachery, moral corruption and incest. Read the rest of this entry »
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The works of William Shakespeare have wowed readers all over the world for years. Here’s a look at the timeline of William Shakespeare, which makes a mention of some important events in his life.
“To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil.” Read the rest of this entry »
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London’s First Public Playhouse
The Theatre was the first London playhouse, built in 1576 by the English actor and entrepreneur James Burbage, father of the great actor and friend of Shakespeare, Richard Burbage. It was located in a northern suburb of London (north of London Wall which bounded the city proper); on the edge of Finsbury Fields, just past Bishopsgate Street, where Shakespeare called home up to 1597.
There are no images of the Theatre, but written accounts of the building describe a vast, polygonal, three-story timber structure, open to the sun and rain. Its exterior was coated with lime and plaster. It had features similar to those of the future Globe playhouse and other playhouses of the day, such as galleries, upper rooms, a tiring house, Read the rest of this entry »
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