LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Marlowe
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Ben Johnson
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King Henry
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John Milton
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Detailed explanation-1: -“He was not of an age, but for all time!” exclaimed Ben Jonson in his poem “To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare, ” one of several dedicatory poems prefacing the great 1623 Folio of Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, the first collected volume of Shakespeare’s works.
Detailed explanation-2: -” To his credit, Jonson went all out in his magnificent tribute entitled ‘’To the Memory of My Beloved Author, Master William Shakespeare, ” which rises to ‘’Soul of the age! / The applause, delight, and wonder of our stage / My Shakespeare, rise!
Detailed explanation-3: -The reason that the Bard of Avon is “not of an age, but for all time” is that he writes with unsurpassed beauty about the things that unite humanity across all ages and all cultures.
Detailed explanation-4: -How does Ben Jonson’s quote “’He was not of an age, but for all time! ‘” from paragraph 2 contribute to the development of ideas in the text? A. It emphasizes the lasting popularity of Shakespeare’s plays.