There are many of great writers of our past but the one that stands out the most would have to be William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare wrote plays and other literary pieces in the late 15 hundreds and early 16 hundreds that we still read and study today. Some of his well known pieces he wrote were Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar. He wrote a wide variety of pieces being from poetry, tragedies, and even comedies. Even though William Shakespeare's writing wasn't as popular at the time, today his work is very popular and many people worldwide still look at it today. At the time William Shakespeare might not have realized what he was doing and just wrote these pieces because that was what he liked to do but what he did was impact our society into what it is today. By doing all of the amazing things William Shakespeare did in his lifetime he helped impact our society by changing our English language, inspire a very famous murder that changed the U.S. history, tell us stories, influenced other writers, and change the theatre world.
One of the biggest ways William Shakespeare impacted our society was he changed our English language into what it is today. One of the ways he did this was by adding thousand of common words that we still use today. Some of the words he invented were rant, addiction, and excitement. You might not think that much but there are thousands of more words just like these that we say and write everyday and not even think or know where they were invented or came from. Not only did he invent common words he also invented common phrases that was here and might use all of the time. Two of the phrases he invented were “Neither here nor there”(Othello) and “There’s method in my madness”(Hamlet)....
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... all of the time and he also improved the grammar to make it easier to read and write today. His writing also influenced a assassin by the name of John Wilkes Booth. This helped shape American history into what it is today. William Shakespeare also had messages in his stories. This taught us lessons that we encounter everyday. Another way he affected our society was he affected the theater industry and how we produce movies today. Today we make movies based off of William Shakespeare's stories. Lastly William Shakespeare helped influence other writers and help improve their writing. In conclusion by doing all of the amazing things William Shakespeare did in his lifetime he helped impact our society by changing our English language, inspire a very famous murder that changed the U.S. history, tell us stories, influenced other writers, and change the theatre world.
...ters he created in his plays. He also developed female characters who were obviously intelligent, dynamic, and strong willed. Thus creating dramatic plots that rise to the surface societal stereotypes and norms. As in modern society theatre and the media allow for people to express issues of concern in a none threatening manner. Shakespeare's dynamic plays have influenced literature globally for hundreds of years.
When learning and studying the English language, there are important subjects and rules that should be taught. Some points are grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, literary terms, and more. But another thing that people forget more often than not, is the history of the English language. When you’re learning about any subject that is new to you, the first thing that you’re are introduced to is the history. You learn about “how it all started”, or “the origins”, which should also be the same for English as well, and Shakespeare helps cover that topic perfectly.
William Shakespeare has become landmark in English literature. One must be familiar with the early days of English literature in order to comprehend the foundation of much of more modern literature’s basis. Shakespeare’s modern influence is still seen clearly in many ways. The success of Shakespeare’s works helped to set the example for the development of modern dramas and plays. He is also acknowledged for being one of the first writers to use any modern prose in his writings.
Shakespeare's plays are full of references to what is now obscure- classical myth, falconry, astrology, or the theory of 'humors' that were thought to determine personality within so many of his characters (?S??Far?). Shakespeare wrote about themes and events we can relate to even now nearly 500 years later. 'He wrote about us-you and me, our friends, our families, the people we work with and play with and argue with and go to bed with, the characters we see on the evening news and elect to public office' often times comparisons are often scary (Seder iii). Shakespeare also liked to make fun of many of his characters. His plays show that he can be funny and has a humorous personality, often times even in his tragedies in which tears would flow from not only depression but from laughter. 'Shakespeare is full of humor, not only the broad clowning of the likes of Falstaff, but the deft little jabs and needles, sly and subtle jests' found in his vocabulary (Seder iv). The meanings of words Shakespeare used have changed and some have totally disappeared. The word ?bootless to Shakespeare did not mean lacking footwear, but useless or meaningless? (?So?..Far?). In our time we use expressions like LOL and IDK that stand for ?laugh out loud? and ?I don?t know or understand? when writing text messages or instant messages. If these expressions were during Shakespeare?s time the people would not have understood their meaning. Another such expressions could be ?Cool beans!? that basically means ?this is neat.? Terms that Shakespeare used have either fallen out of use or have different meanings, thus confusing the reader if he or she is not familiar with the Shakespearean style of writing. A great example of a word meaning chan...
Shakespeare’s language is so different from the slang teens use today so by reading his plays, it can improve teens’ speaking abilities. If teens were to read Shakespeare’s plays, it could expand their vocabulary and they would use more academic
Shakespeare’s ability to mold the English language into eloquently written poetry gave him the ability to affect the language as he did. Hundreds of clichés that are used daily by English speakers were invented in Shakespeare’s writings. Few people are aware, but expressions such as “dead as a doornail” (Henry IV, Part II) or “something wicked this way comes” (Macbeth) can both be accredited to Shakespeare. In The Story of English, Bernard Levin writes that “if [the reader] cannot understand my argument, and [declares] ‘It's Greek to me’, you are quoting Shakespeare” (McCrum, Cran, MacNeil 99). Levin is simply reminding the reader that much of common English speech can be traced back to idioms used in Shakespeare’s writing. Shakespeare even took the liberty to invent words of his own, supposedly inventing over one thousand commonly used words. Shakespeare was able to create words in multiple ways, including changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and coming up with words that were completely original (pathguy.com). Shakespearian words include “assassination” and even “obscene” (McCrum, Cran, MacNeil 99), and other such words that are used by English speakers daily. Although a number of writers have used the English language to their advantage, no writer has taken the language to the level that Shakespeare was able to do.
People don’t like reading Shakespeare because it is to hard to understand or even to read. Well that is really the point of teaching it. It help us understand what you can do with english language or even different types of english. Shakespeare challenges us to study and observe the history of english. It shows us how english came to be what it is now and what it used to be. We learn the history of things to make us learn from the mistakes or accomplishments of something like english. We use this knowledge of history to prevent the same mistakes or to prolong the success of
Shakespeare was, and still is, one of the most influential writers in history. His expression of the common feelings of humans was articulate and vivid. But as well as this, the society that Shakespeare lived in would have influenced him just as much as his feelings.
William Shakespeare, poet and playwright, utilized humor and irony as he developed specific language for his plays, thereby influencing literature forever. “Shakespeare became popular in the eighteenth century” (Epstein 8). He was the best all around. “Shakespeare was a classic” (8). William Shakespeare is a very known and popular man that has many works, techniques and ways. Shakespeare is the writer of many famous works of literature. His comedies include humor while his plays and poems include irony. Shakespeare sets himself apart by using his own language and word choice. Shakespeare uses certain types of allusions that people always remember, as in the phrase from Romeo and Juliet, “star-crossed lovers”.
Shakespeare's works have been a major influence on theatre. Not only did Shakespeare create some of the most admired plays in literature, he also transformed theatre by expanding expectations through characterisation, plot, action, language, and genre. He raised the status of popular theatre, permitting it to be admired by all.
It can be argued that William Shakespeare was the most influential writer in poetic history.
In the year of 1564, John Shakespeare and Mary Shakespeare gave birth to their third child and named him William Shakespeare. Joan Shakespeare was born first in 1558, Margaret Shakespeare the second in 1562, William Shakespeare the third in 1564, Gilbert Shakespeare the fourth in 1566, Other daughter name Joan Shakespeare the fifth born in 1569, Richard goes sixth in 1574, and finally Edmund Shakespeare born in 1607. They raised them together in Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. At the age of eighteen years old he married an older female named Anny Hathaway. She was from the west of Stratford and grew up in a small village called Shottery. They both had a big dream to live together forever after; they also wanted to have children. In 1583, William Shakespeare’s first child was born, and they named her Susanna Shakespeare. In 1585, they had twins named Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare as their first twin children in their life. The most famous and genius of writing scripts and poetries. Many people assumed on April twenty-third because there is no technology era that they can’t find or keep the information evidences
Even though that Shakespeare influenced the world over 400 years ago, his stories, sonnets and plays are all still relevant today. But why are William Shakespeare still so relevant today? It’s the idea and the issues that that Shakespeare addresses that constantly draw people towards him. Shakespeare had a very rare, but good, understanding of the daily situations and the many different emotions that human go through, which are portrayed in his characters.
Shakespeare’s plays are undoubtedly phenomenal, although there’s more than meets the eye in these masterpieces. William Shakespeare has been known for breaking societal norms for women in his plays. Women have been given authority, protagonistic roles, voices, personalities, and cunning intelligence on more than one occasion in an era of the “man’s world”. Although some may argue that shakespeare could not have possibly been a feminist due to feminism not yet being established, the roles and traits shakespeare gave women reflect nothing but women power and feminism.
Using Film and Modern television as an example, Shakespeare’s influence can be seen quite easily. He had a lot of work that shows examples of forbidden love or main characters seeking revenge. There are many many movies and films with these as the foundation. What is great about a lot of his work is that they are very universal and do not lose meaning over time. They can