When thinking of what true love really is it is known that people have many different perspectives on its meaning. Love can be viewed as the physical attraction that one has to another, the desire that one has to be in another’s company, or the longing to have someone to love and be loved by. … Read more
In American society the African American male has always been viewed as someone who is below the rest of the individuals in the country. He has been oppressed since coming to this country, which he was forced to come to so he could be a scapegoat for all of the white man’s problems. The white … Read more
One’s true character traits can be hard to read. In the case of one’s ambition and his or her movement of power in the hierarchy, one’s instinctive choices show their true character traits. Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, produced by George Lucas and Rick McCallum, display characters’ who are … Read more
The Petrachan lover has many characteristics. The Petrachan lover is attracted to beauty, and list physical characteristics. He idealizes his mate. He is normally infatuated with his lover. The Petrachan lover uses many metaphors and similes. He is smooth, fancy, and very flowery. Finally, he is blazon. All of the previous describe the main character … Read more
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. He was baptized on April 24, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He was the third of eight children born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John was a well-known merchant and Mary was the daughter of a Roman Catholic member of the gentry. Shakespeare was educated at the … Read more
Birth Date. William Shakespeare, surely the world’s most performed and admired playwright, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. According to the records of Stratford’s Holy Trinity Church, he was baptized on April 26. Since it was customary to baptize infants within days of birth, and since Shakespeare … Read more
Shakespeare The Discrepancies of Shakespeare Shakespeare is a world renowned playwright. Most people could describe at least of one of his plays, poems, or sonnets. However, not many people can recall the details of his personal life. Some may know that he was married, while others believe that he gay. Since there are so many … Read more
Shakespeare: Fact Or Fiction? Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the Shakespearean Works? We know little about the man called Shakespeare, Did he really write the plays, or is he just a man that got confused within history? (Sobran 44) There is not even a correct spelling of this mans … Read more
These days most theater goers would pay one hundred dollars to see an exceptional performance of Romeo and Juliet , but as we go back to the year 1599, people crowded the doors of The Globe to pay a penny or less to see plays done by Shakespeare and many others. The Globe not only … Read more
Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime. Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies, romance, history, comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing … Read more
Much ado about nothing Branagh’s Back! Deceiving All! Much Ado About Nothing, A tantalising Shakespearian play now acclaimed movie, due to the fabulous return to directing of Kenneth Branagh. This is only Branagh’s second directing production but due to the successes of Henry V, he has deservingly become known as a great director. The sweeping … Read more
Viola Viola is one of Shakespeare’s most charming and admirable heroines, and certainly the most sympathetic of the major “serious” characters (Orsino, Olivia, and herself) in Twelfth Night. Though she’s forced to disguise herself as a page, for safety’s sake, she’s apparently as well-born as Olivia is – the daughter of Sebastian of Messaline, a … Read more
Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”) and Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” were written with a common purpose in mind; to immortalize the subjects of their poems by writing them down in verses for people to read for generations to come. By doing so, both of the poets are … Read more