How Shakespeare For Students: Critical Interpretation Of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Shakespeare was a famous writer who wrote many poems, comedies, tragedies, and histories. His plays have had a lasting impact on the world. He was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. Shakespeare wrote 10 history plays and they were used to educate illiterate audience members. Many of these history plays were not accurate because Shakespeare altered the events to make them more exciting. Shakespeare was forced by the aristocracy to write history plays and they were often based on monarchies. He wrote seven plays on Henry V and VI, and two plays about a character named Richard.

"Julius Caesar." Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry. Ed.

Anne Marie Hacht. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2007. 333-367. Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Web. 28 Jan. 2014.

Gale is a publishing company founded in 1954 by Frederick Gale Ruffner and they are well known for publishing educational works. Gale is best known for its online databases with multi-volume reference works that focus in the areas of history, religion, and social science. Anne Marie Hacht is the publisher of this book and she is a published editor. She has published many books regarding Shakespeare and poetry books called Poetry for Students. The main focus of this source is to provide an analysis of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. This book gives information on the

Wang 2 background of Julius Caesar by mentioning how Julius Caesar used historic facts from “Brutus, Caesar, and Antony. (333)” This book provides a detailed summary of Julius Caesar and a list of characters. It also gives dates for when the play was first performed and printed. This source tal...

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...’s first two poems were Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. The website also discusses about how Shakespeare got into playwriting through the Lord Chamberlain’s company of actors. It also provides a list of his first poems and famous plays. This website includes information about how Shakespeare “invented thousands of words” and expanded the English language. A neutral point of view is maintained throughout the website because only facts are used. A strength of this website is that it includes plenty of examples of Shakespeare’s important

Wang 5 poems and plays with dates. Overall, this website is a good resource to help develop the presentation’s introduction.

In conclusion, Shakespeare wrote many important history plays such as Julius Caesar, Henry V, and Macbeth. Shakespeare’s histories have left a lasting impact on the world forever.