These are referred to as "The Lost Years" by many Shakespeare researchers because there are absolutely no records of his existence anywhere. ... No true facts are known about this assumption, but it is plausible to assume he attempted to succeed at a dream of his. ... It is intriguing that at the time when the plays were acted out and performed, there was no name on the work. No name came out on any of Shakespeare's works until after he had died. Perhaps Shakespeare had the same fear of embarrassment and did not reveal he was the true author until later in his life. ...

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The Stratford grammar school prepared students for the university; however there is no evidence that William ever attended a university. ... The people of this time were constantly in fear of plague, so they were intensely aware of death. ... Playwrighting was not a highly regarded occupation; knowing this they saw no need to record in any form dramatists. ... The Anti-Strafordians', those who deny Shakespeare being the true author, have many canidates for the title of Shakespeare. ... If he were to have left a will, Oxfordians and Anti-Strafordians would have no doubt have more weigh...

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Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Shakespeare utilizes diction perfectly and everything his characters say is appropriate for them to be saying. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ... The King has definite emotion for fear. ...

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Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Shakespeare utilizes diction perfectly and everything his characters say is appropriate for them to be saying. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ... The King has definite emotion for fear. ...

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Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Shakespeare utilizes diction perfectly and everything his characters say is appropriate for them to be saying. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ... The King has definite emotion for fear. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Shakespeare utilizes diction perfectly and everything his characters say is appropriate for them to be saying. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ... The King has definite emotion for fear. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Shakespeare utilizes diction perfectly and everything his characters say is appropriate for them to be saying. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ... The King has definite emotion for fear. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare uses Aristotle's methods, which are encompassed all in Hamlet. ... Shakespeare also follows Aristotle's idea of tragedy being of a certain magnitude. ... Shakespeare utilizes diction perfectly and everything his characters say is appropriate for them to be saying. ... Aristotle believes that for tragedy to be effective, it must convey pity and fear. ... The King has definite emotion for fear. ...

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The darkness of the night is intensified in the forest; the dark is intense enough for the characters to fear being alone. ... When Lysander abandons Hermia, she is convinced that being alone in the dark could lead her to death: Speak, of all loves; I swoon almost with fear. No? ... Shakespeare associates the moon with love. ... Shakespeare includes the aspect of vision and its relation to darkness. ...

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Shakespeare presents all of these elements spectacularly in Othello. ... Othello's rich dialogue aids in Shakespeare's presentation of Othello as a man in a position of powerful command, deserving of much respect. ... In this sense, Shakespeare challenges Elizabethan ideologies and presents Othello as humanly equal if not superior to all the white characters. ... It is this human imperfection, being insecure, that leads Othello to be consumed by a ravenous jealousy and fear of being thought a cuckold. Othello's insecurity overwhelms his personality and the audience is positione...

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Giving pupils the opportunity to have ownership and responsibility during the scheme of work where Shakespeare is the focus seems to be key in engaging students. ... The RSC report, "Would you risk it for Shakespeare?... There were fears from staff that moving furniture was dangerous and time consuming but by persevering with getting a space cleared, the task becomes quicker each time and the report makes a point that when the furniture was not removed the class became, "unresponsive, they lacked interest and their ideas were limited.... In my experience, when a class is uncooperativ...

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No, my fair cousin. 1f we are marked to die, we are enow to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. ... No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. ... Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, that he which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart; his passport shall be made, and crowns for convoy put into his purse; we would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us. ... (Thompson 2-3) O God of battles, steel my soldiers' hearts, possess them not with fear! ... In private, he seemed to have ...

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"Fear no more the heat of the sun" is written by William Shakespeare, in the time Elizabethan England, during the later part of the renaissance period, when society was very structured, and different from today. ... "Fear no more", is derived from the play Cymbeline, one of his later comedies. ... In this poem, Shakespeare presents a very strong argument to the reader, and does this using numerous poetic devices. ... Through this he creates meaning-to "fear no more" life for everything will come to an end. ... Shakespeare uses metonymy to introduce a new group of people who must face the inev...

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Men and women from all walks of life have read his poetic words and have been touched in a way that no other author has ever been able to duplicate. ... The prime contender of these three to Shakespeare would be De Vere. ... Shakespeare was only educated in grammar school. ... However, it is important to point out that no matter who the true author is, the plays will still have the same affect on the lives of those who read them. ... The fact that this murderer is also the husband of his mother makes Claudius into somewhat of a father figure and no longer the ideal parent that a child woul...

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Shakespeare, on the other hand, had a different view. ... The two watchman have no choice but to obey their superior. ... "Claudius: Revenge should have no bounds. ... No way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss." ... The respect of other's was gone, his position was taken from him, his wife destroyed, and his friends feared him. ...

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Shakespeare identifies an arrogant man resulting to violence to keep control. ... He shows no mercy for the starving people when he says, "That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinions,/Make yourself scabs" (1.1.169-170). ... Shakespeare's continuous theme of rivalry obtains hatred and violence. ... Katherine fears Bianca might marry before her. ... Shakespeare's farewell shows the ultimate revenge is forgiveness. ...

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Shakespeare's The Tempest is the play from which the phrase originates. ... Love, the basis for action in so many of Shakespeare's plays and many of his sonnets, is now an unfamiliar theory; something that was done in the past, but no one now understands the reasons behind it. ... Without disease or old age, death is no longer to be dreaded or a source of suffering for the dying or the friends of the dying. ... Emotions are masked by soma, whether anger, fear, or plain boredom. ... No more unrequited loves or broken hearts, no more family feuds, no more saddening death, no more passi...

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Shakespeare uses various forms of darkness to allude to death or evil. ... The vision and imagery of blood creates feelings of fear, horror and pain. ... Let not light see my black and deepen desirers: The eye wink at the hand yet that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see."... No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red." (II.2.60) "All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp"d in so far, that, should I wade no more." ...

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Shakespeare authored King Lear around 1605, between Othello and Macbeth, and it is usually ranked with Hamlet as one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. ... Elizabeth had produced no male heir, and the anxiety about who her successor would be was fueled by fears that a dynastic struggle along the lines of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses might ensue. ... Elizabeth had produced no male heir, and the anxiety about who her successor would be was fueled by fears that a dynastic struggle along the lines of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses might ensue. ... Elizabeth had produced no...

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(Shakespeare 1.7.10-16). ... (Shakespeare 3.1.49-55). ... "I require a clearness: and with him--/To leave no rubs nor botches in the work "- (Shakespeare 3.1.133-134). ... Although his fear now of committing a murder no longer exists, and his sanity level is greatly decreasing, Macbeth is now to the point where the door to hell is starting to open. ... No boasting like a fool;/This deed I'll do before this purpose cool:/But no more slants! ...

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The silhouette of Tornabuoni captures her with no emotion displayed on her face, removing any sign of character that may display her as an active contributor to society; she is to sit quietly. ... William Shakespeare touches on this issue in a number of his works. ... However, in his play "The Winter's Tale," Shakespeare deviates from the standard to which women were regarded. ... Now, my liege, Tell me what blessings I have here alive, That I should fear to die? ... But yet hear this: mistake me not; no life, I prize it not a straw, but for mine honour, Which I would free, if I shall...

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Shakespeare was born into a wealthy family is that his father John Shakespeare was a businessman and his mother Mary Arden came from a wealthy family, but later came adversity and John Shakespeare was devoted to a butcher with the help of their children . ... The social classes that dominated the Renaissance nobility were occupying over kings, clergy or church, the bourgeoisie these had no power but if a lot of money and finally the common people in their Maori were servants. ... The nobility had no other fundamental origin that the establishment of fiefs, rewarded for immunity from taxes. ......

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One of the main aspects of Shakespeare's writing that literary critics assess and praise is his ability to write women that are fully developed and rich in character. ... In The Tempest, when Ferdinand first meets Miranda, despite being immediately taken by her beauty, his primary concern is her chastity: "If you be maid or no." ... Additionally, a woman as a whore has to die in the end, because men have underlying fear of them which is endorsed by society". ... Despite writing in an era in which this was not highly appreciated, Shakespeare makes attempts at recognising the d...

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This was a huge success and he received praise for it by the scholars who gave him no respect as a play writes. ... Shakespeare's acting company was doing what no other acting company had ever done. ... This, as well as his friendship with King James, allowed him to conquer any topic without fear of being censored. ... No one was hurt, but The Globe was ruined. ... Heminges and Condell, in fear of the plays being lost, decided to publish the plays instead of selling them to other acting companies. ...

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