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The vernacular. Rabelais wrote in French, Shakespeare in English. In Shakespeare's case, writing in Latin would have been professional suicide, seeing as most of the people who paid to see his plays did not know Latin.

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What did rabelais and shakespeare write in to appeal to the common people?

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A beast with two backs is a term, originating in the works of Shakespeare, for two people engaging in sexual intercourse - a phrase translated from the original French phrase by Rabelais.


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French author of pantagruel in he advised people to live by one rule do as you wish?

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What is an ethical appeal?

An ethical appeal is a call for people to consider the standards which are common to the field in questions. Hopefully people will be compelled to grant the petition based on the standards which should have been followed.


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Did people speak the way they performed in Shakespeare's plays?

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