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Let’s think about perhaps the top 10 things that people would like to know, ought to know about Shakespeare if they’re getting into his works. The first thing to say is that he did live quite a long time ago. He lived 400 years ago. So if you’re reading Shakespeare or listening to Shakespeare, you’re listening to somebody whose language is not quite the language of our current. You’re listening to someone who was writing in a language which is a bit out of date for now. It needs a little bit of effort to understand that language but the understanding will be done partly for you by the actors if you’re hearing it if you’re seeing it performed. Another thing is that Shakespeare was a very great poet. He wrote poems are at narrative poems and sonnets but he was also and this is my third point he was also a great theater poet, his poetry is dramatic poetry in the plays. He’s not just writing statics poetry, lyric poetry in the plays, which is therefore declamation. He’s writing dramatic poetry which consists of interaction between the characters of the plays.
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Shakespeare perhaps the top 10 things that people would like to know if they’re getting into his works. Firstly, he lived 400 years ago which is quite long time ago, so that the language is a bit out of date for now. Furthermore, Shakespeare was a great poet, he wrote narrative poems and sonnets. Finally, his poetry is dramatic poetry which consists of interaction between the characters of the plays. (70 words)
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