"Although Shakespeare's plays were performed at other venues during the playwright's career, the Globe Theatre in the Southwark district of London was the venue at which the Bard's best known stage works (including his four great tragedies) were first produced. ... In America's push to send all secondary students to four year universities, the assumption has been made that all students are interested in a liberal arts education and that all students will utilize the knowledge bestowed upon them in these humanities, social sciences, and fine arts classes. ... In America tod...

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However, since the 19th century, Shakespeare's reputation has massively gained from just being rated as just another playwright among others to having a significant role in the English language and being one of the best and honored poets in all history. A well-respected poet and playwright named Ben Jonson- who wrote a poem introduction for the First folio in honor of Shakespeare is linked to National identity because Jonson was an Englishman; however while Jonson had been more wealthy and he was more well-known, prosperous poet and playwright, highly educated and had studied English in ...

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William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. ... American Journal of Psychoanalysis 42(1982): 7-20. ... American Journal of Psychoanalysis 42(1982): 7-20. ...

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Shakespeare's extremely progressive view on women in society is another testament to his genius and talent as a playwright. ... Presently as a society, we generally feel that we have progressed beyond this archaic attitude and have reached a point where females are treated more equally to males in America. ... There seems little chance of voting for a female candidate for President, women's salaries across the country are comparatively lower than men's salaries, and sexual harassment, physical abuse of women, and rape are still prevalent in American society. ...

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