Shakespeare’s Relevancy Today Hannah Tebbe Bishop Fenwick High School Abstract Although Shakespeare has been dead for over four centuries, his legacy and his works continue to live on in today’s world. William Shakespeare has gained many followers because of his great storytelling skills and his exceptional way with words. Not only did he have a way with words, Shakespeare understood the human condition and, therefore, he was able to relate his plays and characters to the everyday person, making
Love is said to be the strongest feeling in the world. It has broken the hearts of some and made the life of others a better place. Love links most things in this world. It almost has no conditions or boundaries. We don’t know exactly what love is and where it comes from, but one thing is sure; we are nothing without love. There are times when we feel shy and timid, when we are afraid of expressing the love we feel. Some people can speak about love through the use of poems. Some poems tell a story;
resources exist, Shakespeare’s plays can be shared all over the world, thus gaining popularity. The topics of Shakespearean works are still ever-present in modern-day writing. These themes tend to be seen throughout everyday life in daily issues. Though not typically acknowledged, these themes are existing in every passing second. Even William Shakespeare’s most minute pieces had the themes of fate, love, and death. These said themes are linked to one another, so if one is found, the other
intercourse is much like a battle and the conquest of a country. ‘The foe ofttimes having the foe in sight/ Is tired with standing though he never fight’ (3-4). This conceit, based on soldiers standing at war, creates an air of dominance. The speaker alludes to the fact that while he waits for her to undress, he is
Berg’s assertion that Cordelia is portrayed in King Lear as a Christlike figure and that the play represents Christian beliefs. In her article, “Grace, Consequences, and Christianity in King Lear,” Vanden Berg notes the opposition to the idea that Shakespeare’s play supports Christian doctrine. She cites Brower’s denial of the Christian meaning in the play when he states that while the play has “biblical and Christian allusions,” the play is not an ‘illustration’ of Christian doctrine (Vanden). Vanden
Have you ever overheard a conversation that was not really significant, and then made it a huge deal over it? That is mostly what happens in Messina, Italy. In William Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, deception is an important theme. In fact, it is so important that love is exchanged, brides are killed, and fools are made wise all out of a few lies. The word “nothing” in the title actually is part of a pun that revolves around the whole play. In Shakespeare’s time, the word “nothing” was
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night has a simple but direct moral that directly ties into Western European thought and culture during the time period it was written in. Shakespeare focuses on the point that something are not what they seem. Shakespeare was able to portray this moral by focusing in on the thought of love or infatuation with a character in the play. The identities of the characters get mixed up at times leading to confusion and misunderstand as the play progresses. Shakespeare was excellent
Montagues and Capulets and young love. No matter, this play is charged with passion whether it be Paris’s hate for all Montagues or Romeo's love for Juliet this play remains active. The three main points are Tybalt violent acts against Montagues, Romeo and Juliet's love, and the feud. There eagerness to be together and their immaturity is the reason why they end up dead; their rash decisions get people killed such as Tybalt, Mercutio, and themselves. These connections of love and violence that is shown
in his stories are problems in which teens still confront today which makes him popular. Shakespeare's still very popular today among current artists and screenwriters. In music, movies, and everyday life Shakespeare is accounted for. Consider for example the movie Table 19. One of the guests whom the bride and groom have wronged raises a toast and says, “You are Romeo and Juliet, and we all wish you the same happy ending.” Oh the irony! Taylor
In general, Elizabethan as well as Jacobean plays, not only those of Shakespeare, were more or less influenced by the tradition from which they had arisen, by the sources of information on which they were based, and also by the current political situation in which they were written. While scholars have disagreed about the direct influence of Seneca on Elizabethan drama. The Elizabethan era was a time of relative hope and confidence. In the early seventeenth century, however, the national mood seems