Ed Sheeran Research Paper

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Is Ed Sheeran the new Shakespeare? Ed Sheeran, to be or not to be the modern Shakespeare Sheeran is no stranger to the human condition of love. But does he stack up to the standards of the great, Shakespeare? Yes he does, through his storytelling and meaningful language. Lachlan King reports. What’s the one feeling that puzzles everyone? The one feeling that has made as many conflicts as it has ended? What feeling has more songs, stories, and plays written about it than any other emotion? It’s love, the single emotion that makes friends into foes and foes into friends. So many interpretations surround love, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to modern songs by artists such as Ed Sheeran. We all know who Shakespeare is by now. His playwrights …show more content…

His debut album, +, containing the singles The A Team and Lego House, was certified quintuple platinum in the United Kingdom. His popularity with the masses gives him the opportunity to allow him to have as much impact as Shakespeare. As Sheeran has revealed in the majority of his songs, he’s no stranger to the effects of love. Break ups, make ups and the simple feelings of love. By using modern English he has portrayed the feelings of love in an effective way which people can understand and relate to in the same manner Shakespeare …show more content…

The woman stated in the song is poor and homeless in the cold as a result of her addiction. Sheeran talks about the tragedies people can experience in life just as Shakespeare did in his plays. “Burnt lungs sour taste” describes what she feels when smoking drugs. “She is in the class A Team” describes the use of class A drugs. “Stuck in her day dream“, meaning she can’t escape her addiction. “But lately her face seems slowly sinking, wasting crumbling like pastries” describes her appearance as fragile and worsening through simile and imagery. “The worst things in life come free to us” means we don't always go looking for misfortune, sometimes misfortune finds us. The rest of the chorus is an allusion to everyday life and it talks about how we are controlled by the wealthy, so “we all go mad” for something that will make our lives easier. Life is a burden and a gift; there is a beginning and an end. Everything in-between just prolongs the inevitable. When compared, Sheeran has a similar view to that of Shakespeare’s view of love, life and

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