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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Yet she makes no order for this to change nor does she more than mildly rebuke those who think that a woman on the stage is the 'beginning of the end'. ... The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... The set of Shakespeare in Love is a clever conception of London in the 1500's and convincingly reveals to the audience the possible conditions of how Shakespeare may have lived (Fitzsimmons, 2012). ... As per Dusinberre (2012): "The female gossip networks gave...

• Word Count: 1880
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate