As such, Shakespeare's works are first taught at a high school level, and usually the tragedies such as Hamlet and Macbeth are introduced. ... Similarly, Macbeth's ambition to become king eventually leads to his demise. ... The most obvious example is the appearance of Banquo's ghost to Macbeth in which only Macbeth can see; everyone else around him is oblivious to his vision and therefore considers him mad. ... Macbeth for one murders his best friend Banquo in fear that his children will overthrow his position as king. ... In Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers commit suicide,...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Before Shakespeare's formation and death he was just an ordinary poet among many others. ... In 1592, at the start of Shakespeare's career, a well-known writer at the time named Robert Green insulted Shakespeare by naming him an "upstart crow". ... If seen from a more positive perspective, this gave Shakespeare a huge opportunity and caused his popularity to increase, this lead Shakespeare to be taken more seriously and people were beginning to get influenced to giving Shakespeare interest because it implied that regardless of his education and his class, Shakespeare was ca...

• Word Count: 2217
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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). ... This theory is stabilised via many of his female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Gertrude in Hamlet, as according to Dall (2000): "Through Gertrude's marriage to Hamlet's uncle and also through Lady Macbeth...

• Word Count: 1880
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I personally am a huge fan of his work, and would have to say that my favourite examples of his works are "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996) and (my personal favourite) "Moulin Rouge" (2001). ... "I'm through with Romeo and Juliet and boy meets girl, and on to Macbeth and man kills beast." ... Shakespeare was given new meaning and re-invented again with the younger generation through Romeo and Juliet, taking away the perception of Shakespeare as being a boring English class siting and reading through plays, and the idea of a musical film was ...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School