FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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They suggest that Shakespeare was a better sonnet writer than playwright.
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They reveal that few people read his original work today because of its complexity.
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They stress how his sonnets and plays were more appealing to audiences from his time.
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They emphasize the wide variety of Shakespeare’s work and the extent of his skills.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How do paragraphs 4-5 contribute to the author’s depiction of Shakespeare’s writing? They emphasize the wide variety of Shakespeare’s work and the extent of his skills.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare contributed to the standardization of the English language in the 17th and 18th centuries. As his work gained importance, correctly spelling words became more common. He created compound words, adverbs, and adjectives from verbs. Shakespeare added suffixes and prefixes to many words.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare’s influence on the English language His works contributed significantly to the standardization of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary. Shakespeare introduced 1, 700 original words into the language, many of which we still use (despite significant changes to the language since Shakespeare’s time).
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare was also influenced by the world around him. He describes the sights and sounds of London in his plays. His works include observations about current political struggles, the fear of diseases, and the popular language of the city’s tradesmen and other professionals.
Detailed explanation-5: -Like all of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Romeo and Juliet is written mostly in blank verse. Shakespeare preferred to use verse when he was tackling serious themes, like the themes in Romeo and Juliet of doomed love, feuding, suicide, and death.