FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Unknown monarchs
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The common people
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Famous monarchs
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Famous teachers
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The Rolling Stones
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare’s histories were a tribute to the British Monarchy and Britain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare, born in 1564, spent the majority of his life under her rule. The influence of the Queen, and the way in which she portrayed herself, was pervasive, and can be seen in many of Shakespeare’s plays, including The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare was a conservative, in the sense that he supported early modern England’s status quo and established hierarchy, which meant defending the Crown’s view of divine monarchical right and opposing the radicals, often Puritan, who questioned it.
Detailed explanation-4: -All ten history plays are named for and concern the lives of English monarchs who ruled between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries: Kings John, Edward, Richard II, Richard III, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, and Henry VIII.
Detailed explanation-5: -Elizabeth I and Shakespeare While most of his plays were written after her death, we do know she saw a few of Shakespeare’s plays and that he performed at Court.