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    He wrote a total of 37 plays revolving around several themes: history,tragedies,comedies and tragicomedies. The plays he written troughout the years was his greatest achievments. Another one of his greatest achevements was being called “englands greatest national poet”. His most famous love story written was romeno and juliet. Shakespeare also wrote

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    Shakespeare is known for his abilities to write and is still considered to be one of the best British writers to this day. “While William Shakespeare’s reputation is based primarily on his plays, he became famous first as a poet” (Poetry Foundation). Shakespeare's early life is important to his career because it represents how he became a famous poet and playwright. Then when he moved into his mid-years which is where he grows and creates some of his most famous works in his lifetime, but “yet, the

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    probed the problem of evil in the world, he reached an almost desperate pessimism, even the comedies of this time are bitter” (Neagle 142). Upon reaching his fourth time period, William decided to use a new form, “it was the tragicomedy or dramatic romance; the tragicomedy is calm, sober and quiet lovely” (Neagle 143). For more than twenty years, “Shakespeare had multiple roles in the London theater as an actor, playwright and, in time, a business partner in a major acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s

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    and Juliet is considered one of the most well written plays of all time for a multitude of reasons. However, it seems that this amount of praise is mainly due to the playwright's use of dramatic structure, which when mixed in with his use of the tragicomedy genre, results in a masterpiece still celebrated 422 years after it was written. But what about this dramatic structure makes Romeo and Juliet such a popular play? The play begins

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    One character even saying in more or less words that all caucasian women are cunts. This style is unlike that of any other time period. For example, in Greek theatre, something of that kind would be saved for the crass Satyr plays, not for a tragicomedy such as Clybourne Park. This freedom allows for more believable characters and experiences, which in turn completely changes the actor’s relationship with audience. While a character in an Elizabethan play would be a nobleman who speaks in “these”

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    Heidi 's tragic side is fully revealed in this entire speech where humor and drama are perfectly blended to emphasize her moment of realization. She becomes a diminished character who no longer knows who she is and decides to leave New York to sort out her future. Like a true dark comedy protagonist, she is vulnerable and has lost control. She realizes her downfalls and the comedy lies in the superiority felt by the spectator due to "man 's delight in man 's inhumanity to man" (Capp 220).

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    1. Think about our time period in this class (411 BCE – 1746). What are some historical and cultural reasons you think made some people hate and write against the theater? People believe in unscientific things such as God and Goddess. The theater, the acting at that time had been tread as lying and which might be the blasphemy. Therefore from church, society, community, and union, actors and play writer had been seen as they against their Gods or create the chaos. Of course not everyone one at that

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    William Shakespeare “To be, or not to be” is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous quotes. William Shakespeare was recognized as one of the greatest English playwrights of his era. He was known for his admirable poems. One poem he has written is “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” which was written in 1609. He is also known for the well-known play “Romeo and Juliet”. The exact birthdate of William Shakespeare is unknown but it is believed he was born in 1564. He was baptized on the 26’th

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    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a flourishing town in central England with a population of two-thousand at the time. He was born to Mary Arden, a local heiress, and John Shakespeare, a leather merchant and town bailiff, who both had been long-time residents of the town. While the exact date of his birth is unknown, it is estimated that Shakespeare’s birthdate is or was around the 23rd of April, 1564, because of a record of his baptization three days later; children were baptized

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    In ancient Greece literature came to be in a very special way. In the first place, literature has always been significant. It impacts a lot on us now, in school, work, or even just reading a story to your son or daughter at home. Coupled with what people in Ancient Greece did, is very comparable. A long time ago literature meant something special, but not as noticeable to the human eye. A long time ago, far far out in Ancient Greece, there was a story, The Iliad, this story had 15,693 lines! This

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