In the summer of 1606, Shakespeare sat contented as King James I, rapt with awe, watched Macbeth. ... He wrote Basilicon Doron, which translated means "the Kingly Gift." ... There are many differences between the Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Mac Beth who ruled Scotland almost a millennium ago. Modern sources suggest the picture Shakespeare paints of Scotland in 1044 is based on rumors and the little they knew of the it in 1606, and due to new findings we have a better understanding of this history. ... Malcolm Canmore, which means "Big Head" in Gaelic, raised an army with ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For these wealthy people, an evening at Glyndebourne is a social rite, a rare chance to behave like a true English eccentric, ("Smiles of a Summer Night"). ... Performances of Shakespeare's plays are not isolated, unrelated occurrences. ... I will start with a general analysis of the topic related to Shakespeare's text. ... Indeed, Shakespeare's text suggests that the magical creatures of A Midsummer Night's Dream could be explained as physical allegories of nature. ... Shakespeare's Puck himself acknowledges that he is the cause of little domestic accidents...

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• Grade Level: High School