Thou art more lovely and more temperate (Shakespeare, Sonnet #18) Purpose- This is one of Shakespeare's many extended metaphors. ... Example- "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) Purpose- This sarcastic remark is used to show that Brutus is actually the opposite of what is said. ... Purpose- Shakespeare uses this irony to show that what happens occurs out of forces not under the control of the characters. ...

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The continued relevance and influence of William Shakespeare is unquestionable; the very name "Shakespeare" is a known and respected around the world. ... Pope, in the preface to his six-folio edition of the works of Shakespeare also says, "Shakespeare is not so much an imitator, as an instrument of nature"." ... Shakespeare's approach to writing plays revolutionized Elizabethan theatre. ... To this day, expressions such as 'too much of a good thing' (As You Like It), 'in my mind's eye' (Hamlet), 'it was Greek to me' (Julius Caesar), 'break the ice&...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hamlet In the opening scene of Hamlet Shakespeare introduces us to vital background information that evokes the action of the main plot. ... "A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye" says Horatio about the ghost and likens its appearance to the ominous events in ancient Rome before the murder of Julius Caesar. ...

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"As You Like It" was written by William Shakespeare. ... And in 1599, a thirty-five-year-old playwright named William Shakespeare was enjoying his prosperity as one of the most successful people working in the London theatre. ... As You Like It was written in this year, just after Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Julius Caesar, and just before the writing of Hamlet in 1600. Unlike many of Shakespeare's plays, As You Like It seems to contain few references to the world outside the theatre; unlike the political history Shakespeare reworked in his "history plays," or the commentaries ...

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Shakespeare shades in words of sickness continually during the play, perhaps serving best to illustrate the ill condition of affairs plaguing not only Denmark, but the characters as well. Shakespeare immediately conveys the sense of cold and apathy in the opening scene. ... He tells the men of King Hamlet's battles, and adds how the appearance of the Ghost reminds him of what he has read about the portents of Rome, just before the assassination of Julius Caesar. ... He further notes of the world as being "stale and flat", further examples of the pale images Shakespeare conveys. ...

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• Grade Level: High School