AGES ERA PERIOD
ROMANTIC PERIOD
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the expurgation of indelicate language
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the modernization of archaic vocabulary
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the insertion of bawdy songs
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the misspelling of simple words like \the\and \and\
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Detailed explanation-1: -The history of bowdlerized Shakespeare goes back to the nineteenth century. To bowdlerize a classic means to expurgate or abridge the narrative by omitting or modifying sections that are considered vulgar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some examples of alterations to Shakespeare’s works made by Bowdler include: In Hamlet the death of Ophelia was no longer a suicide, but referred to as an accidental drowning. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth’s famous line of “Out, damned spot!” read instead “Out, crimson spot!
Detailed explanation-3: -Bowdlerization is similar to censorship, but more narrowly defined. Censorship is often official, often politically motivated, and often applied to nonartistic texts, while bowdlerization is usually done by a private individual or group seeking to make a work of art more morally acceptable.