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The Story of Your Life is Told Before You are Born

Let’s launch our unit on Shakespeare’s sonnets and Hamlet with background information from this critically acclaimed documentary, In Search of Shakespeare, by Michael Wood. We will have you view this for homework and submit your responses to the ten questions … Continue reading

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The lost Scenery

During the lost years of Shakespeare, It is suspected that he goes north and stays in the strong hold of Catholicism in England. This is important because these areas and religion influenced his writing. His religion gave him place to … Continue reading

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Was Shakespeare Really Lost?

In Michael Wood’s documentary ‘Lost Years’ he talks about what happened in Shakespeare’s life during the time period when there is nothing documented about him, and what people barely know. During his ‘Lost years’ Wood said Shakespeare lived in many different houses and … Continue reading

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Shakespeare, A Fugitive From Religion

Michael Wood’s “In Search of Shakespeare” brought forth many important points about Shakespeare’s many life experiences and influences. One of the topics of largest importance in Elizabethan England was religion. It seemed to flip-flop, over the years between Catholic and … Continue reading

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Who Is Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare, was he really lost in his lost years? Was he really the man he has been portrayed as by historians and artists? There are many things us readers, historians, authors, poets, etc… know about Shakespeare but there are … Continue reading

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The Key of Shakespeare’s Lost Years

Shakespeare’s brilliant works were not created at an instant. In fact, his works went through long and thorough contemplation and adversities like other writers, poets, and playwrights do. But constituents that help Shakespeare to write such wonderful pieces do exist … Continue reading

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Loyalty to the Old Faith

The most eye opening part of Michael Wood’s documentary about William Shakespeare is the exploration of Shakespeare’s Catholic back round. Shakespeare grew up in a time period with tremendous religious and political controversy due the Elizabethan era. In Michael Wood’s … Continue reading

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Was He Catholic?

Michael Wood opens the eyes to many about Shakespeare’s life: how he was raised, how he became successful,what he did with his fortunes, and many, many other facts and stories about the famous William Shakespeare. One that stood out to … Continue reading

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Shakespeare’s real life in the play

While watching M. Wood’s documentary about William Shakespeare, I have learned a lotof interesting facts about Shakespeare. I think the most remarkable thing that I learned from the documentary is that Shakespeare actually wrote his plays and poems based on … Continue reading

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Shakespeare’s Life:Play

Micheal Wood shows many astonishing facts that thoroughly explained William Shakespeare’s lifetime. One thing that impressed me is that Shakespeare wrote his pieces as his real experiences occur in his life. For example, he wrote his first Sonnet based off … Continue reading

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