Analying Shakespeare
"WHY IS SHAKESPEARE REGARDED AS THE GREATEST IN ENGLISH LITERATURE,AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM AND HIS WORK THAT DISTINGUISHES HIM FROM THE REST" In the process that it took to choose the topic, which I was supposed to write about, I had a couple of choices that I could've written about. Maybe Antigone and Oedipus, or maybe another poet or poem that was discussed in class, but I couldn't think of anything that I could write five pages about or anything that I would enjoy learning and writing about, as much as Shakespeare. I believe that we only covered one of Shakespeare's poems in class, "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?," and I know that I may have read the poem before in high school, maybe like some others in the class, but I believe that everyone knew the poem and they knew Shakespeare wrote it before anyone could look in the book, unlike most of the other poems that we covered. That is one example of how well known his work is over other poets, to where a regular college student would recognize his work over others. I feel that one day I would like to be great, maybe not in poetry and drama, but great in some area of life. I believe that to achieve greatness, it would be in my best interest to learn about great
He was probably a normal person and probably educated at a local grammar school. When I look at the words in the poem, Shakespeare is comparing a person's beauty to all the aspects of a summer's day, hopefully a woman. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) lived and died in England. The title is asking a question, and the poem answers the question. He uses figures of speech to describe how he feels about her, and it says that her beauty will not fade, and that as long as people read the poem, they will know of her beauty. I believe that words, if used correctly are very powerful, and can be a greater gift to someone than anything materialistic. Shakespeare was a great writer, in the minds of everyone who studies poetry and drama, and even those who don't. Shakespeare's decision to go to London to act and write plays affected his life, and everyone that reads his work. He moved to London at the age of twenty-four with a wife and children, and by the time he was twenty-eight, he had attained success as an actor and as a playwright. In encyclopedias and in the book, Shakespeare is noted and recognized more so as a dramatist, more so than a poet or author. One thing that I learned about Shakespeare is that when he came to a crossroads, like everyone does at one point or another, he chose the right path. This poem was written in the times, when men were gentlemen and woman were ladies, and this poem to me describes how men talked to women, to persuade or entice them. Greatness is not just about how many people agree with what you do or what you believe in, or how many people support you. I believe that everyone comes to a crossroads, and I know that I have come to about five of them and I'm only twenty-one, where they will have to make a decision that will affect the rest of their lives. Shakespeare was a great writer, dramatist, and poet, but another characteristic of what I consider for someone to be great is their lifestyle.
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