William Shakespeare Figurative Language

William Shakespeare’s birthdate is something that no one really knows for sure because there are no actual records of his birth, the date that is traditionally given out is April 23rd, 1564. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare and William was their oldest living child. William had three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund, he also had two younger sisters, Anne, and Joan, unfortunately they both passed away at a very young age. His father, John, was a leather worker and was known as very successful businessman. He married Mary Arden from the well-known Arden family. John rose through local offices in Stratford and eventually became the mayor when William was around five years of age. Since his father was such a leading citizen

When the poet compares the youth to a "ne'er-cloying sweetness," he sets up an antithesis in describing his newer friends as "eager compounds" and "bitter sauces." Declaring himself to be "diseased," the poet is displeased in his choice of medicines: "To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding." Reacting to the youth's emotional withdrawal from the relationship, the poet overreacts and finds that the cure to his ailing heart is worse than the original malady of unrequited love. Where originally there was no sickness, now there are "faults assured," but only after the fact does the poet realize his mistake: "But thence I learn, and find the lesson true, Drugs poison him that so fell sick of you." Mutual affection between the poet and the youth is in

He is from a land that Venetians consider exotic and mysterious, he has had unique adventures, and his military accomplishments far exceed those of the men around him. The most visible indicator of his outsider status is also the one that provokes the most poisonous responses: Othello is a black man in white Venice. Whenever characters such as Iago feel jealousy, fear, or simple hatred toward Othello, they give vent to their feelings by using racist slurs. For much of the play, Othello resists, ignores, or seems indifferent to the racism that dogs him. But eventually he internalizes Iago’s and others’ idea that his blackness makes him barbarous. This belief, as much as his conviction of Desdemona’s guilt, allows Othello to kill his wife. When he turns the race weapon against himself, he dooms both himself and