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The impact of William Shakespeare on American Culture “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them” (William Shakespeare). Shakespeare has left many works that impact high school kids to professionals. The major impact that Shakespeare has on us, is that so many people are required to read his work throughout high school and college. Shakespeare also influenced our language today and how we write. In addition, he has invented about three thousand words

Nearly ten percent of the most quoted lines in the English language are accredited to William Shakespeare. But should this be the case? Many scholars argue that Shakespeare is not the author of his plays. In fact, none other than Edward de Vere comes to the forefront of this controversy. De Vere was highly educated, had a biographical connection to some of the characters in Shakespeare’s plays and had a similar writing structure to Shakespeare. The evidence is clear that William from Stratfor did

How is William Shakespeare relevant today? William Shakespeare is relevant today because of his particularly plays that are still on top the greatest ever, and his hard work is in the history of the English Language and it will always be. The ideas that Shakespeare emerges on his plays are timeless. His plays succeed because of the great characters and stories that reveal universal truths about humanity in a particulate way that we can all relate to. In Shakespeare's plays you can find tragedy

Hamlet by William Shakespeare explores many aspects of mankind--death, betrayal, love, and mourning. Out of these, the most prominent theme in this play is death in the form of suicide. The main character, Hamlet, finds himself questioning the quality of life and the uncertainty of the afterlife once he discovers news of his father 's death and the corruption in the kingdom that follows. Ophelia, Hamlet’s lover, is found dead later in the plot and is presumed to have committed suicide. In Hamlet’s

Gender and Social Norms in As You Like It        Shakespeare based his comedy As You Like It primarily on three other works.  Its plot follows the basic structure of Rosalynde, published in 1590 by Thomas Lodge.  The Tale of Gamelyn, written by an unknown author in the mid-fourteenth century, is a violent Middle English narrative that was found among Chaucer's papers and provides further details for Shakespeare's work.  With the Forest of Ardenne serving as an escape for our main characters

born on the twenty-sixth of the same year, and it was the tradition at the time to wait three days after birth before baptism. He was the third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, both of whom by that time resided in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon (Nicoll, 13). Both of his parent’s lives had great effect the changes of Romeo and Juliet. Both of his parents were unable to sign their own name, always opting to simply mark the page, and though they were parents to one of the greatest literary

Everyday students across the world are introduced to a single man’s excellence through his creation of innovative and expressive words in his beautifully illustrated plays and poems. This man is William Shakespeare. His intellectual mind has caught the interest of scholars for centuries. Although modern readers do have abundant knowledge and analysis of his literary pieces, what they know of the person himself is limited to select official documents. The debate of William Shakespeare’s religious

and his theater work is some of the information i was able to find today. William Shakespeare's life was barely recorded. There are no medical records of his birth date, but he was baptized on April 26, 1564 at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. From this information scholars believe he was born around April 23,1564, the same day he died 52 years later. Shakespeare was the third of eight children to John Shakespear and Mary Arden. William was not born into a rich family, he went to King's

Although Shakespeare and his work have proven themselves significant and have been able to last to even the modern day, much of Shakespeare’s life is a mystery. The only two primary sources that can be used to look at Shakespeare’s life are his works, his legal documents, and his church documents. Childhood William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23, 1564 and he was later baptized on April 26, 1564. His parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William was the third of eight

over the world. Most people who use his work, use them either in English or theatre classes. Till today, William Shakespeare is known as one of the best writers on the planet. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford on the river Avon (Chute, 130b). Shakespeare was born the third child out of eight kids total (Rosen, 7). Shakespeare lived in a comfortable house on Henley Street along with several younger siblings and his parents. (Chute, 130b). As soon as all boys learned how to