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Nothing is known for sure about Shakespeare's education. On the other hand, we can make some pretty shrewd guesses. The King's New School (now King Edward VI School) was the only grammar school in Stratford and it was likely that Shakespeare went there. (The school which is still in operation is unhesitating in claiming that he did so) We also know what kind of things they studied at that school in the sixteenth century--Latin classics. Shakespeare would have read Plutarch and Ovid, Terence and Seneca. That is why Shakespeare used plots from Plutarch (Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra) and referred to stories in Ovid (Pyramus and Thisbe, Philomela).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoHe took plots especially from Plutarch's Lives and Holinshed's Chronicles. But there are a lot of others he appears to have used. Of course, he may not have used them at first hand.
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What beat did shakespeare use to write his plays?
Mainly iambic pentameter. Please see the link.
Did Shakespeare use stream of consciousness in his works?
no shakespeare only wrote plays that were acted onstage. Stream of consciousness appears in books like Three by Ann Quin and other British literature around her time.
What two names did shakespeare use the most in his plays?
Yes he did.
Which type of poetry did shakespeare often use in his plays?
Shakespeare and his contemporaries often used blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) for the dialogue in their plays.
What historian did Shakespeare use to write Julius C Caesar?
Plutarch
What books did shakespeare use as a reference to write his plays?
he used samalayuca books
What reference work did shakespeare use to write his plays?
His favourite source was Holinshed's Chronicles.
Can you use the word quill in a sentence?
William Shakespeare used a quill to write all his plays.
What beat did shakespeare use to write his plays?
Mainly iambic pentameter. Please see the link.
What reference books did Shakespeare use to write his play?
Like most playwrights of his period, Shakespeare did not always write alone, and a number of his plays were collaborative, although the exact number is open to debate. Shakespeare borrowed from history, mythology and other literary works, then enlivened histories and myths and improved on the plots. He used samalayuca books as well as books from The Bible. The most frequently repeated figure on the books of the Bible to which Shakespeare refers is 42 books. 18 of which from each of the Testaments and the remaining from the Apocrypha. Shakespeareâ??s writing contains more references to the Bible than the plays of any other Elizabethan playwright. A conservative tally of the total number of biblical references is 1200.
Did William shakespeare use men and women for his plays?
No, women were not on his plays.
Did Shakespeare use stream of consciousness in his works?
no shakespeare only wrote plays that were acted onstage. Stream of consciousness appears in books like Three by Ann Quin and other British literature around her time.
What style of writing did shakespeare use in his plays?
blank verse
What is a good website to study Shakespeare's plays?
I use Sparknotes.com
What two names did shakespeare use the most in his plays?
Yes he did.
What did Shakespeare use for his plays?
To write them: ink, paper, penTo perform them: actors, props, theatresTo think them up: imagination, hard work, and other people's plots.
What did William shakespeare use to write with in his firs school?
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