- I have noticed that Shakespeare's plays covered many themes that relates to real life. Even by today's standards, his work touches on things such as romance, jealousy, or betrayal (as depicted in "Julius Caesar")
- There has been many theories about Shakespeare. There has been a theory that a group of writers conceived Shakespeare's plays (names include Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Francis Bacon), saying that because he was in the lower class of society, he wasn't educated enough to write these stories. This is from an article from the University of Wisconsin.
- Another theory claimed Shakespeare to be a "secret Catholic", taking the alias of "William Shakeshafte."
- Various thoughts have been made of jobs Shakespeare has done when he left Stratford. Some say he was either a sailor, a gardener, a lawyer, and many other occupations.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Discovering Shakespeare
In class, we watched a PBS documentary featuring host Michael Woods as he travels to learn more about the well-renowned writer, William Shakespeare. As Michael has done in the documentary, I have discovered some information about the Bard myself.
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