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Shakespeare. How he influences me.
Title: Shakespeare. How he influences me.
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 1680 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Shakespeare. How he influences me.
Shakespeare: As I Like It
"I know you all and will awhile uphold / The unyok'd humour of your idleness." This quotation from Henry IV is the first line from a short monologue that I had to memorize in grade nine English class. An assignment, I suppose, that was to help us appreciate language, understand character and learn discipline. Unfortunately, it was recited to Mrs. Derii at break-neck speed in a low whisper so as not …showed first 75 words of 1680 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1680 total…allowed me a unique perspective in understanding Shakespeare's motivation for writing. Reading and comprehending the text
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allows for insight, but actually becoming the words profoundly changes one's experience with the play. I have never experienced Romeo's true love or Iago's bitter hatred, yet through Shakespeare's verse I have come close; approaching an understanding of their feelings through the author's creativity. By reading Shakespeare's work I appreciate his perception; by acting it I feel his passion.
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