Emotions In Shakespeare's Works

Who the HECK is this Shakespeare guy! Shakespeare's works are well know by many people of the modern era, as well as times before it. He understands the main points in life that are well respected even to this day. He embodies real emotions through his characters in exaggerated ways to make his point, thus getting the attention of the audience. William Shakespeare, born in 1564, highly impacts our world's literature. He has written several plays that have been overviewed by Queen Elizabeth 1 and many other nobles of his time. His writings are still read and studied throughout a majority of school systems in modern times. There are many reasons as to why Shakespeare is so commonly known all over the globe. Shakespeare has a very unique way of portraying his character's emotions, he creates several words that we use today. Many artists have allude to Shakespeare and his writings in their work. Shakespeare uses a broad spectrum of sensory words to describe the most common emotions in all of his writings. These sensory words help us uncover the deep emotions of Shakespeare's characters. For example in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says, "Love is a smoke raised with the fumes of sighs; being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes."(Shakespeare Pg. 10) Words like this intrigue the readers and audience more than

His plays are so adaptable to our lives, that they really are timeless. Even though language changes with time, the stories themselves are so human and applicable to life that they last through out time. His characters are exaggerated to represent emotions, so they are truly timeless. If they were just Victorian characters they would not appeal or relate to common people, yet they stay timeless through their personalities that are the extreme versions of ours. For example, Cicero and The Conspirators exaggerate the little evil that we all have inside of