FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Southampton
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Thomas Wriothesley, forth earl of Southampton
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William Fitzwilliam, first earl of Southampton
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Henry Wriothesley, the second earl of Southampton
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is The Earl of Southampton. Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem published in 1593. It is written in iambic pentameter and contains pastoral themes. The poem is about the story of the unrequited love of Venus, the Goddess of Love, followed by her attempts at seducing the handsome young man Adonis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Venus and Adonis was dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. The poem was regularly reprinted. In all, it appeared in 17 quarto editions before 1641. The Rape of Lucrece, created in about 1593-1594.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two of Shakespeare’s longer poems, ‘Venus and Adonis’ (1593) and ‘The Rape of Lucrece’ (1594) were dedicated to him. This has led some critics to suggest that he could be the ‘Fair Youth’ addressed in Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1–126.
Detailed explanation-4: -dedication to Southampton …Shakespeare, who dedicated the poems Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594) to him. It has also been argued, albeit inconclusively, that Shakespeare’s sonnets were addressed to him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare dedicated his narrative poem Venus and Adonis to the Earl in 1593, and then, in 1594 he dedicated The Rape of Lucrece to him in very extravagant terms: ‘The love I dedicate to your lordship is without end … What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours; being part in all I have, devoted yours. ‘