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    Sir George Calvert

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    Sir George Calvert was also known as the first Baron of Baltimore. He was born in Yorkshire, England in 1580 to parents, Leonard and Alice Calvert. (“Biography) Calvert was raised with Protestant beliefs. (“Land”) When he was Fourteen years old, he attended Trinity College in Oxford, England and graduated in 1597. (“Baltimore”) Calvert learned to speak three different languages (“Maryland”) He could also write in Latin. While traveling of the continent, he met Sir Robert Cecil.…

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    This a little bit about his lifetime. He was born in a small town of Stratford Upon-Avon on April 23,1564. He went to school and learned poetry, history, Greek and Latin. At the age of 18, Shakespeare was required to marry a woman named Anne Hathaway. She was twenty six years old when she found out that she was 3 months pregnant. William and Anne had there first child on May 26, 1583 who they named Susanna. They also had twins Judith and Hamnet on February 2, 1985, but sadly Hamnet died at…

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    Arden. He was one of seven children. He had three sisters named Joan, Anne, and Margaret. He also had three brothers named Richard, Edmund, and Gilbert. The children's father, John, was elected bailiff or mayor. As William grew up, he married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 and Anne was 26. They had three children named Hamnet, Susanna, and Judith. He began to start a career of being a teacher. He later started a new career of being a playwright. After a many years to become a known playwright.…

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    The Life and History of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a renowned in prolific actor, play right, and poet. He is generally considered as the most influential and prominent writer of the 17th century and is known worldwide for his various famous works. However, there's much mystery surrounding William Shakespeare's life. My purpose in writing this paper is to inform on the life, works and influences of Shakespeare, and speculation surrounding his extravagant life. SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE…

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    April 26, 1564 ("William Shakespeare”). It is also presumed that Shakespeare attended the King’s New School in Stratford, which taught reading, writing, and classic literature. When Shakespeare was only eighteen, he married twenty-six-year-old, Anne Hathaway ("William Shakespeare”). The couple married on November…

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    In this essay I will be looking at William Shakespeare, his life history and from how his writing to directing has influenced the development of not just theatre but also a language. I will be looking at how he changed and crafted the language to help keep his writing poetic and somewhat majestic. There is no date of birth for Shakespeare, but there is a place of birth. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on the 26th April 1564, but people have related his birthday to the same…

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    William Shakespeare, who was educated at the King Edward IV Grammar School in Stratford. He was taught Latin, Greek, and learned about the Roman play writers. Shakespeare originally wanted to associated with the play business, by becoming an actor. With this opportunity, Shakespeare wrote two poems, that depicted rejection, death, and the consequent disappearance of beauty from the world. This is where Shakespeare first got his recognition for his literary works. Later, Shakespeare joined the…

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    Avon in a household of ___, his father’s prominent position allowed him to have an education in the local grammar school. There, Shakespeare was taught Latin, a skill that was later used in several of his works. Following his hasty marriage to Anne Hathaway and the birth of his three children, Shakespeare moved to London in pursue of a career as a playwright. In London, he made a name for himself and eventually found fame…

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    Literature Review: Imagery is used very effectively in literary works of Rome, Greece and England. William Shakespeare, John Keats, T.S Eliot, Shelley, WordsWorth, Thomas Moore, Charles Lamb, Walter Scott and Coleridge are only a few literary figures in the realm of English literature. Cultures all around the world have used imagery in their folklores, poems and literatures for thousands of years. Renaissance poets enjoyed using visual imagery of birds especially in their love poetry and…

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    Sonnet 116 Symbolism

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    “William Shakespeare’s “Henry VI Part II” was his first play, he ever performed” (Mabillard " 2000). A man who wasn’t well known at his time began to become more distinguished as time went on. Long after the death of Shakespeare, many people claimed that he was one of the best British poets and playwrights of all time. The lacking documents and his mysterious past makes him all the more interesting. Even though we don't know much of Shakespeare, his works were contained with symbolism and…

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