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A 6 page paper which examines how the plays “As You Like It,” “Hamlet,” “Henry IV,” “King Lear,” “Love’s Labors Lost,” “Macbeth,” “Measure for Measure,” “Richard II,” “Romeo and Juliet, and “The Tempest” reflect his characteristics of patriotism (particularly in terms of the monarchy and colonialism), loyalty, spirituality (including his fascination with the supernatural), and feminism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGwsper.rtf
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In fact, there is so little verifiable historical information on Shakespeare that some critics have recently claimed that he never existed at all. What is known about William
Shakespeare is that he lived from 1564 until 1616, and hailed from the modest Stratford-on-Avon. He was apparently raised in a Catholic household, received relatively little formal education and
was married to Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children, Susana and twins Judith and Hamnet (a son who died in infancy). William Shakespeare was drawn to the
theater like a moth to a flame and before achieving success as the preferred playwright of Elizabeth I had spent several lean years as a traveling performer and comic actor.
This scant information hardly unveils the mystery of William Shakespeare the man. What was his personality like? Because art exists as an imitation of life, it must
be assumed that Shakespeare put much of himself into his plays and characterizations. The Bards distinctive personality traits of patriotism, colonialism, spirituality, loyalty, and even feminism are forever captured
in his memorable tragedies and comedies. There can be little doubt that William Shakespeare was a fervent patriot. While his plays were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was
the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that his loyalties were firmly with his beloved Great Britain and his monarch. Although Shakespeare appeared to be a
supporter of primogeniture, it is unclear whether or not he believed in the divine right of kings. In his works, he emphasized not kings, but country. For example,
in Richard II, while Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV) had many reasons to despise his uncle Richard for usurping his fathers throne. But even though the treacherous Richard has
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