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Q: Why do people compare Cervantes to Shakespeare?
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In what year did both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes die?

Miguel de Cervantes on 23 April,1616, presumably of Diabetes. William Shakespeare had died about a week before.


How does the choice of language used by Cervantes and Shakespeare compare to that of the Italian writers?

Cervantes chose to write in Spanish because that was the language his readers knew. Shakespeare wrote in English because that was the language his audiences understood. Italian writers wrote and still write in Italian because that is what language their readers read.


Who are the two famous writers who died in the same year 1616?

Cervantes and Shakespeare


What happened on the date of Shakespeare's death?

Miguel de Cervantes died on the same date as Shakespeare, but not on the same day. They both died on April 23, 1616, but Cervantes died in Spain where they used the Gregorian calendar, and Shakespeare died in England where they used the Julian calendar. April 23 happened 10 days earlier in Spain, so Cervantes died 10 days before Shakespeare, even though they died on the same date.


Does only the English speaking world regard Shakespeare as the finest writer?

The whole world recognizes Shakespeare as the greatest writer in English, and the greatest playwright in any language. There may be a debate whether Shakespeare is the finest writer of anything, when he is in competition with Goethe and Dante and Cervantes and people like that.


Who was living while shakespeare was?

his wife Queen Elizabeth I Sir Francis Drake Sir Walter Raleigh Cervantes


What does Shakespeare compare Paris to?

A book


What are 1 or 2 writers that influenced dickens growing up?

Two writers who influenced Charles Dickens growing up were William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. Dickens admired Shakespeare's poetic language and storytelling, while also being inspired by Cervantes' satirical and comedic style in "Don Quixote."


What is one thing. that Miguel de Cervantes and William shakespeare had in common with Dante?

they both (and Dante) were writers in the renaissance of the language writers.


In Shakespeare Shall I compare thee he uses a to compare the joys of summer to youth?

Metaphor


What is the name of Shakespeare's lost play?

At least one of Shakespeare's plays which is now lost was called Cardenio (based on Cervantes' Don Quixote). Another is a sequel to Love's Labour's Lost called Love's Labour's Won.Shakespeare certainly wrote a play called Cardenio, which took its story from Cervantes' Don Quixote, which was a new book at that time. However, no copy of Cardenio exists, so it is lost.


In shall you compare thee to a summers day Shakespeare claims that the objecty of his sonnet will be immortal because?

Shakespeare claims that the object of his sonnet in , Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day, will be immortal because of the written word. His beloved's summer will continue as long as there are people alive to read the sonnet.