William Shakespeare was playwright and poet, as he is widely regarded as the greatest writer in English Language. Also, Shakespeare is the world’s most excellent dramatist as he named as “Bard of Avon” and English’s national poet. Furthermore, William Shakespeare was born on the twenty-six of April on 1564; he was an English playwright and poet. He get married at the age of eighteen years old with Anne Hathaway and he had three children; the twins Judith and Hamnet and Susanna. (Robinson, 2008)
According to Argent (2007), Shakespeare wrote many works, including some collaboration, which comprise of thirty-eight plays, two narrative poems, a small number of other verses and one hundred fifty-four sonnets. Moreover, William had written many plays such as “Hamlet” (1599), “Romeo and Juliet” (1597), “Macbeth” (1611) and “The Tempest” (1623). In general, all his works had translated to many languages also most his plays had are performed in major theatres and opera houses. The majority his works were produced between 1589 and 1613, his early works were mostly about histories and comedies after that he mostly shifts his focus to tragedies, for example; “King Lear”, “Hamlet”, “Othello” and “Macbeth”. These are considered to be the premium and masterpiece of his works in English language Tragedy, “Macbeth” tragedy is going to be studied critically in this essay.
Moreover, the cause behind the death of Shakespeare is unknown, however some researchers believe that the reason was his sickness for over a month before he died; the world had lost Shakespeare on 25 of March 1616. William signed his dictated will with a “Shaky” signature as it is a confirmation of his debility at that time. Like many of the greatest people in history; William S...
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A talented poet and playwright writer, William Shakespeare came during the golden age of England. His writings are the greatest in the English language. No one really know Shakespeare real birthday. The closet date the scholars can come up is on his baptism on April 24th, 1564. It has been over 400 years since his death; Shakespeare’s writing is not just limited to English scholars, but also appears on modern historical events and newspaper as well. Playwright and poetry are an art that appeals to the conscious mind, but the best classical playwright such as Othello not only appeals to conscious mind, but also to the subconscious mind. “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice,” written by William Shakespeare from the sixteenth century is a tragic love play, and it is an excellent example of “Renaissance humanism,” said Paul A. Jorgensen, author of the Twayne Publishers, ( Jorgensen, 1, 3).
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He wrote many different works as in plays and poems. “In addition to his thirty-seven plays, Shakespeare wrote an innovative collection of sonnets and two long narrativ...
In the 16th century there was a man named William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was an author that wrote many plays and poems. Shakespeare was also even an actor and acted in some of his own plays. Some of his plays and poems are more famous than others. William Shakespeare was not really famous but then became really famous after he died. Some of his plays and poems are romantic. His love life was strange because he was forced to marry someone at the age of 18 due to an arranged marriage. Some of his plays and poems are probably about love that he never got to feel and or wish he had. William Shakespeare’s love life affected the way he wrote his plays and poems.
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The outbreak of the plague during Shakespeare's life reflected in his writing, resulting in a far more massive number of tragedies than comedies. The tragic deaths of his main characters are speculated to have been reference to important people in his life dying unexpectedly. There were time periods in which the plague ...
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After overcoming the troubles of becoming an actor and a playwright, William Shakespeare has become well renowned. His works reach to people all around the world despite the language barriers and different races and cultures. For centuries, the popularity of his work...
William Shakespeare’s life has brought much curiosity to many. This is natural as he is considered to be the greatest figure of English Literature. William Shakespeare, in terms of his life and work, is the most written-about author in the history of Western civilization. His works include 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems, the First of which was published after his death in 1623 by two of Shakespeare's acting companions, John Heminges and Henry Condell. Since then, the works of Shakespeare have been studied, analyzed, and enjoyed as some of the finest work of art in the English language.
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