The Author And His Times
Beginning of paper
William Shakespeare lived in a time of great change and excitement
in England- a time of geographical discovery, international trade,
learning, and creativity. It was also a time of international
tension and internal uprisings that came close to civil war. ....
Middle of paper
.... fencing
matches and other kinds of fight scenes; and emotional speeches for
his star actor, Richard Burbage. There is very little indication
that he was troubled in any way by having to do this. The stories he
told were familiar ones, from popular storybooks or from English and
Roman history. Sometimes they were adapted, as Hamlet was, from
earlier plays that had begun to seem old-fashioned. Part of
Shakespeare' ....
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