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Importance of Shakespeare

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Heather

Esposo, W. Why Shakespeare is the World’s Most Celebrated Propagandist. Philstar.com. 10/28/10. 11/01/10. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=624900&publicationSubCategoryId=64

Black Propaganda - emanates from source other then a true one.

In the time of Queen Elizabeth, Shakespeare created propaganda for the country and royalty. It is a good example of black propaganda.

Shakespeare immediately depicted Richard, Duke of Gloucester and later King Richard III, as an ugly soul that’s housed in an ugly body.”

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The Things :) are ah-mazing.!

Jenson, Ashlee. "The Importance of Shakespeare." (1999): n. pag. Web. 1 Nov 2010. <http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/importance.html>.

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Lackluster- lacking in vitality, force or conviction, uninspired. your dull and boring.

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Shakespeare is important because he brought new words and new writing styles that people use today.

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Lorenzo:

"The man that hath no music in himself,

Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,

Is fit for reasons, stratagems, and spoils."

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K3

“The Linguistic Infuence Of Shaksepeare” Adam Watson.2004.

<http://home.insightbb.com/~adamwatson/showcase/shakeslitg.html>.

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Linguistics- the science of language.

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Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays that we still refer back to and he added around 1000 words to our English language at the time.

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“The sweet breath of William Shakespeare, blown through the composed words of his sonnets and plays, has enriched word literature and culture.”

MOHIKANS

Alchin, L.K. William Shakespeare info (the Complete Works online)
e.g. Retrieved November 16 2008 from www.william-shakespeare.info
http://www.william-shakepeare.info/

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illumination of the human experience and the ability to turn a phrase

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“An overflow of good converts to bad”

It is important because of the meaning and the inspiration.

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A Team

©2010 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
All rights reserved. date visited- 11/1/2010

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/englishhomework/tp/readingshakespeare.htm 

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importance |imˈpôrtns|
noun
the state or fact of being of great significance or value : the importance of democracy | the relative importance's of the external and internal cause

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It is impossible to overstate the importance of Shakespeare’s work. It is clever, witty, beautiful, inspirational, funny, deep, dramatic, and me.

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Hulk Acorns

Robert Weimann

“Shakespeare Survey Volume 20: Shakespearean and Other Tragedy”

1967

Nov. 2010

http://cco.cambridge.org

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anachronism Noun: A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exist:

Importance of Shakespeare was that he could take criticism or a problem in the country and turn it in to the theatre.

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Brutus: “Peace! Count the clock”.

Cassius: “The clock has striken three” .

Act II scene i.

This is an anachronism because there were no clocks at this time.

JellyFish

“Absolute Shakespeare the Essential resource.”  Absolute Shakespeare- Plays, Quotes, Summaries, Essays... Absolute Shakespeare, 2000. Web.01 Nov. 2010. <http://absoluteshakespeare.com/> 

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Absolute: adj, resolved, perfect, positive

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Shakespeare was important because he had a variety of types of plays and he portrayed reality better than many play writes in his day. He also brought about many new words.

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“ I will speak daggers to her, but use none” (ACT III, Scene II) - Hamlet

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Pizzaz

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"Twelfth Night Foolishness and Folly Quotes." Shmoop: Study Guides & Teacher Resources. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. <http://www.shmoop.com/twelfth-night/foolishness-folly-quotes.html>.

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Fadge: verb; to succeed or agree

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The importance of Shakespeare is seen when he describes the culture of the time. Thus allowing a glimpse of life in the early 1600s/late 1500s. “You can fool no more money out of me... along with you, it may awake my bounty further.” -Orsino (A jester trying to get more money from the nobles.)

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“Disguise, I see, thou art a wickedness,

Wherein the ... pregnant enemy does much.

How will this fadge? my master loves her dearly;

And I, poor monster, fond as much on him”

       -Viola

This quote considers the thought of how to succeed even through a wicked mind.

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