shakespeare influences

For this project, I believe that I am an anti-stratfordian. There is no possible way that Shakespeare could have written all of his works in such minimal time. Going into this project, I expect to form a more educated and informed opinion on this matter. I would like to acknowledge both sides of the argument and pick a side. Before I started researching for this project, I had no idea where to start. Frankly, I didn’t even realize how controversial the Shakespeare’s authorship question really was. I wasn’t sure which websites were true or which ones simply wanted you to believe their side, no matter what false information they presented to you. However, by the end of my research, I am hoping to find four reliable and informative websites

William Shakespeare is known to be the “greatest English-speaking writer in history” and an England’s national poet, actor, and an extremely successful playwright. During Shakespeare’s acting career in London, he started writing all about “European geography, culture, and diverse personalities (History.com).” Willm Shakspere or William Shakspeare, as written by him, then went on to write plays. His first three plays were all created around or a little before 1592 and captured the core studied categories; tragedy (Titus Andronicus), comedy (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew), and history (Henry VI trilogy and Richard III). He wrote plays and sonnets for many theater companies, was one of the main playwrights for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which was renamed the King’s Men when James I was in charge, and formed the Globe theater in 1599 with other partners. Shakespeare’s unique language, themes, verses, format, characters, and plots makes his writing universal to every culture and time period. Shakespeare is still taught in school nowadays due to its’ educational and transitional purposes. Shakespeare continues to influence modern-day life and I believe will for a long time to come.

William Shakespeare, a world-renowned playwright, poet, and actor, has been known for centuries all around the world for his great variety of brilliant, poetic, and creative plays written during the Elizabethan Era. Shakespeare’s plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and Western literature, traditionally divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy, and comprising of various imaginative settings, plots, characters, and conflicts. They have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world. Many of Shakespeare’s plays give insight on human nature, astonishingly able to characterize every emotion, strength, and weakness

Hannah, Lara and Peter have all performed at a level that warrants consideration of a merit increase. Though Lara and I have not been able to go through the Performance Dialogue process yet this year, my initial take is that she “Frequently Surpasses Expectations”.

And above all to God, for His fruitful help beyond measure and giving me strength to finish this thesis.

William Shakespeare, the most famous of all English writers, has written many works. Shakespeare's life has very much to do with the style of his writing as his stories are from his past experiences. In a very fascinating way, he had the ability to translate the issues of his own time into universal themes. Shakespeare was of interest with his controversial. He was a common phenomenon in his day, as he was part of a theatrical world.

In 1564, a man was born by the name of William Shakespeare. He was born to a poor family, was given little education, and had no interaction with sophisticated society. Thirty-eight plays and over 150 sonnets are not attributed to this ignorant man. Those who believe that Shakespeare was the author have no definitive proof but instead point to Hamlet’s declaration: "The play’s the thing(Satchell 71)." The true author, however, lies hidden behind he name of Shakespeare. Edward de Vere the premier Earl of Oxford is not only considered a great poet in history, but he may also be the great playwright who concocted the sonnets and plays which are now attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford, England.

In London 2012 Olympics Games, the opening ceremony started with "the ringing of a giant bell inscribed with a line from a speech by Caliban in William Shakespeare's The Tempest: 'Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises'" (Magnay 2012). Olympics opening and closing ceremonies provide significant opportunities for a country to show the richness of its own culture to the whole world. Given that, the use of the line by Shakespeare for the very first performance in the ceremony suggests that Shakespeare is one of the greatest cultural symbols for the United Kingdom. More than four hundred years have passed since his death. However, despite the four hundred years after his time, the significance that he holds as the greatest playwright and poet

The representation of human behavior, emotions and experiences become often seen explicitly in literature. William Shakespeare, one of the famous authors that describe the human experience beautifully. Shakespeare, known for Macbeth, Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, captures raw human emotion, actions and behavior. Throughout all of his pieces, Shakespeare touches on love, honor, bravery, sacrifice and even death. In his pieces, he develops heavily flawed characters and puts challenges that they sometimes can’t win. The complexity of his characters, their challenges and more importantly their growth explains why Shakespeare’s literature has become a crucial classic for everyone to read at least once in their lives. One of his most relevant plays,

There is no denying that Shakespeare is a definitive playwright. He has presented us with classic works that have set the precedent for drama and the theatre. Among Shakespeare’s more notable plays are his tragedies. In the tragedy his protagonists are often given flaws in their character and hence, are suitably named tragic heroes. The downfall of these protagonists is often a result of their own character flaws and unfortunately, they suffer a doomed and unhappy ending. While the tragic hero is flawed they must also be honorable and worthy of the audience’s understanding and sympathy. On a quest for righteousness the tragic hero often goes through immense suffering which is why the audience can feel bad for him. For the most

William Shakespeare is one of the world 's most influential people to ever live. “BBC audience survey names Shakespeare as Britain 's Man of the Millennium.” (Andrews 2) Shakespeare’s works continue to be evident globally in modern society. Hundreds of years after William Shakespeare’s death, his influence continues to make an effect in the modern day English language, modern movies and film, and authors or artists today.

Deliberate killing of the child (son/daughter) by parents, known as filicide, is not rare in today’s society. Based on the motive of filicide, it can be classified as, altruistic filicide, acutely psychotic filicide, unwanted child faced, accidental filicide and spouse revenge filicide, which are self-explanatory. In most of the cases, parents are mentally ill, stressed out or alcoholic [1]. Depending on the circumstances, ‘altruistic’ filicide and ‘acutely psychotic’ filicide perpetrators ask for help while ‘unwanted child’ filicide perpetrators try to hide the evidence [2]. Dumping of the body is the best way to get rid of the evidence of homicide whether by covering, dimpling, burying, concealing in a lonely place or dismemberment

“What a piece of work is man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action…” (Shakespeare, Hamlet). A famous poet once wrote this line for one of his most famous plays, and his name was William Shakespeare . While the majority of people know of this man, they many not realize that every day they could be using or doing something that has been either created or influenced by Shakespeare. Some phrases Shakespeare has created contain examples such as wild goose chase, love is blind, good riddance, dead as a doornail, and many more. It is hard to imagine, all of these were made up so he could have the correct form for iambic pentameter.

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time, and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death,” (V, S5, L19-23) Macbeth proclaims in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. William Faulkner studied Shakespeare’s play then wrote his own novel using the words from Macbeth as the cornerstone of his work. Throughout The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner uses various literary devices such as irony, foreshadowing, stream of consciousness, symbolism, allusion, setting, and point of view to create a brilliant novel.

Should marijuana be legalized? The answer would vary widely depending on the circumstances and who you ask. Marijuana use is prohibited in the state of North Carolina, and is currently only legal in four states and the District of Columbia (State Marijuana Laws Map). It is hard to believe that the same government that banned the drug in the 1930’s actually encouraged the growth of the plant in the 1600’s (Guither). The antagonist against legalization claim that it is highly addicted and will lead to other drug use. Another claim is that it makes an individual violent, although there is not much data to support the allegation. I use to agree with the government and others stance on the subject matter, but I now feel that there is not much difference between Alcohol and Marijuana. As with any substance, whether it is alcohol, drugs, cigarettes or food there is a chance for addiction to occur. However, it should be an individual’s free will to make their own personal decisions.