William+Shakespeare

William Shakespeare:


 * Aim** - Alex Harrington

William Shakespeare is known for his many plays and poems that he has written and he wrote these with the goal or “aim” in mind to entertain. “In 1594, Shakespeare joined the Lord Chamberlain's company of actors” (Poets). Shakespeare joined this group at age 30 which is when he really starts the life that today’s world knows him for. From they’re on he created sonnets, plays, playwrights and many other forms of writing that are used for entertainment. He even took it a step forward by inventing thousands of different words for his poems and playwrights which made them intriguing and entertaining. Altogether he dedicated over 15 years of his life to entertainment and wrote over 30 plays, which again are used to entertain people. Most of his works were so entertaining that they became very popular and “his plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed, and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world” (Wikipedia). If he wrote without the aim of making it entertaining his plays works would not be so popular and as widely known today plus he wouldn’t be called the “greatest writer in the English language” (Wikipedia).

Works Cited

"William Shakespeare." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012

"William Shakespeare." //Poets.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012.

William Shakespeare is a well-known poet and play writer who has created memorial plays. The artist was born April 23, 1564 and lived in London for most of his life. In his free time, he would write down plays after plays, ever since he was young. In a day, he would write pages of stories, which encouraged him to go into writing plays. Also, once he was on his own, the ages of 15 and 16, he was an actor in live theater and would perform for crowds on stages. One of his first plays consisted of a performance trying to entertain Henry VI. William Shakespeare was someone who would perform to entertain the royalty party of England. He would work backstage for theaters so he became very familiar with everything having to do with theater. Whenever he would write plays and stories, his main focuses where on tragedies or romantic tragedies. After years of play writing and poem writing, Shakespeare caught a thyroid fever and ended up dying around April 23rd 1616. he may have left the world, but his years of hard work will never be forgotten; for they will live on forever and ever. Citation: "William Shakespeare." //World History: The Modern Era //. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
 * Historical**- Ariana Warsco


 * Cultural** - Hailee Hoff



Many ponder the authority and importance of William Shakespeare and never quit understand why he is still of significance to those living in Modern day times. Who is William Shakespeare? He is one of histories greatest poets and play writers. His work is known best because it is entertaining and unlike any other pieces of work to become upon this Earth. It is the reason that it is unlike any other that today's young learners of the art of writing are using Shakespeare as a teacher for their own hope for success. "It is important for scholars of English literature to retain some studies of the true classics, such as Shakespeare" (Jenson 1). Shakespeare's writing is very different from the writing of Modern histories. His language is different and at times more powerful. The English difference between Shakespeare's work and the works from today show people the difference between times and the developments that have been made since the renaissance times and now. Shakespeare has done so much from being a mentor and roll model to those wanting to succeed in the art of writing, to also being a paper wait to history, allowing people to never forget the renaissance and the developments man-kind has made since that time in history.

Works Cited:

Jenson, Ashlee. //The Importance of Shakespeare.// Shakespeare Online. Web. 20 Aug. 2003.