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Referred to worldwide as the poet who transformed the literary world, William Shakespeare lived at the peak of the English culture. (“poets.org” n. pag.) While he was loved around the world, Shakespeare started out as a commoner and worked his way up to fame and prosperity. After he died in 1616,Shakespeare managed to stay in the spotlight, because of his plays. “The prophecy of his great contemporary, the poet Ben Jonson, that Shakespeare ‘was not of an age, but for all time’” (Kuiper 1). William Shakespeare, the English national poet of the 15th century, transformed the literary world into what it is today with his memorable comedies (Kuiper 1).
Shakespeare left behind many influential and memorable plays. Ironically, scholars found it hard …show more content…

William Shakespeare was established as an actor and author in London, England (“William Shakespeare” n. pag.). A critique published in the paper The Stationers’ Register by a famous play writer Robert Greene patronized Shakespeare’s work. "...There is an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tiger's heart wrapped in a Player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you: and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country," (“William Shakespeare” n. pag.). Scholars say that the critique suggested Shakespeare was not equipped for the world of theatrical writing. Thankfully Shakespeare took the critique and made the best out of it. The critique ironically helped Shakespeare establish his career as a poet. He continued to practice different ways of writing and eventually developed several different writing styles throughout his writing profession.
Shakespeare’s writing can be categorized into four different periods. With each writing period, Shakespeare gradually became a stronger and more confident writer. The Sanguine period reflects a time in Shakespeare’s life that was full of forbidden love, innocence and imagination. Throughout the Sanguine period, Shakespeare wrote The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet, along with Richard II and Richard the III (“Shakespeare …show more content…

He came across many misfortunes and much heartache from 1601 to 1608. All of these events lead up to a period known as the Discouragement period. One of the first tragedies in this period was when Shakespeare’s father passed away in 1601. In Hamlet Shakespeare passive aggressively addresses the execution of Shakespeare’s friend Earl of Essex. Shakespeare wrote, “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” (“Shakespeare Online” n. pag.). The plays of this Discouragement period were Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. All are tragedies and all have many

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