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        <title><![CDATA[William Shakespeare became famous beyond his lifetime through the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[William Shakespeare became famous beyond his lifetime through the publication of the First Folio containing 36 of 37 plays. Two members of Shakespeare's company felt the need to keep his works alive seeing as he was such an important person to them. John Heminges and Henry Condell had done a great service considering that most of Shakespeare's works were just kept around the theater as scripts for future use. While Shakespeare did receive...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How and why did William Shakespeare become famous?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How and why did William Shakespeare become famous?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:16:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[did shakespeare travel and is it true that he likes whales?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[did shakespeare travel and is it true that he likes whales?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The short answer is that no one knows.  There's not all that much known...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The short answer is that no one knows.  There's not all that much known about Shakespeare's personal life and so no one can be certain.
It is known that he was married to Anne Hathaway and had three children with her.  Of course, that would not be certain proof that he was not gay.
However, the only evidence any one has for his being gay is in his writings.  Shakespeare's plays had lots of situations where people fell in love with other...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:56:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Was Shakespeare gay?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Was Shakespeare gay?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:50:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No single writer has ever understood the human psyche or the human heart...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No single writer has ever understood the human psyche or the human heart as well as William Shakespeare.  His tragedy, "Hamlet" was clearly avant-garde in the perception and comprehension of depression, for instance.  And, Shakespeare also understood the "Oedipus Complex" before Sigmund Freud identified it.
Many of the other tragedies such as "Macbeth" and "Julius Caesar" have been redefined in history as leaders such as Richard Nixon and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:37:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shakespeare and The King James Bible are credited as the two biggest...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare and The King James Bible are credited as the two biggest influences on the English language.  Shakespeare has been credited with inventing over 10,000 words.  He also played extensively with language and usage.  He took verbs and made them nouns, nouns to verbs, etc. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:32:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For me, in addition to what jk180 says, I think that Shakespeare was...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For me, in addition to what jk180 says, I think that Shakespeare was important because he gave us so many expressions, sayings, and such that have become part of our culture that we all share.
For a civilization to remain intact, it's important that its people should have common bonds.  Here in the United States we have so many different kinds of people that it's hard to have those kinds of bonds.  Shakespeare's words give us some of those...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:26:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You certainly could look at how Shakespeare enriched the English...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You certainly could look at how Shakespeare enriched the English language. He's credited with introducing hundreds (maybe even thousands) of new words into the language, and the Oxford English Dictionary often cites his plays as the earliest printed examples for the use of many words and phrases.
The link below gives a brief overview.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:05:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What impact did William Shakespeare had on society besides the English...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What impact did William Shakespeare had on society besides the English literature?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:41:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A bit of ancient history here:
In William Parkes book, Curtain-Drawer of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A bit of ancient history here:
In William Parkes book, Curtain-Drawer of the World (1612), we find this reference to the practice of raising flags to announce plays:"Each play-house advanceth his flagge in the aire, whither quickly at the waving thereof are summoned whole troops of men, women, and children"
Flags were used by the Globe Theater to announce and proclaim the performance of a play. The modern equivalent is the theater marquee....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:37:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Instead of a marquee, patrons of the Globe Theater in London looked high...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Instead of a marquee, patrons of the Globe Theater in London looked high above their heads to see the color of the flag that flew at its peak.  If the flag was black, a tragedy was scheduled; a white flag meant they could look forward to a comedy; and if they saw a red flag, they had the opportunity to see a history play.  When they entered, they deposited their money into a money box--there was no box office.  Since the theater had an...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What different coloured flags were used to signal the genre of the play...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What different coloured flags were used to signal the genre of the play being performed at The Globe?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:28:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is this a Shakespeare quote: "What is the love? A dramatical fancy, my...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is this a Shakespeare quote: "What is the love? A dramatical fancy, my King."?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:25:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hi.I think this Question in some extend is general,don't you?
Better you...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi.I think this Question in some extend is general,don't you?
Better you ask  in his works,one by one.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:17:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the previous post does a nice job with the topic.  I would like...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the previous post does a nice job with the topic.  I would like to submit that any potential storyline that examines the complexity of human emotion owes a debt to Shakespeare.  In his plays and dramas, Shakespeare explored the issues of ambition, loyalty, honor, and the inevitable conflict that individuals face when trying to balance personal and public interests.  From an intellectual standpoint, I would also suggest that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:29:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The major impact that Shakespeare has had on our society is in the fact...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The major impact that Shakespeare has had on our society is in the fact that so many people are required to study his work in high school and college.  Because we have all read or watched at least some Shakespeare, his works give us some amount of a common cultural background -- references that we all understand, etc.
Just think about all the Shakespeare references that are quite familar to us all.  Everyone knows who Romeo and Juliet are --...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:07:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How did William Shakespeare impact today's society?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How did William Shakespeare impact today's society?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:01:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury.  1875....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury.  1875.
William Shakespeare
VII. "Under the greenwood tree"

UNDER the greenwood tree      Who loves to lie with me,      And tune his merry note      Unto the sweet bird's throat—     Come hither, come hither, come hither!             5 Here shall he see      No enemy     But winter and rough weather.      Who doth ambition shun      And loves to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:50:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm afraid that your quote comes from a much less exalted source than...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm afraid that your quote comes from a much less exalted source than Shakespeare...
It appears to come from some guy called Jim Rohn who is a motivational speaker from here in the United States.
He was born in 1930 and has made a great deal of money for himself going around and giving motivational speeches to businesses. He also does seminars for other people who want to learn how to achieve more in life, have better relationships, become...]]></description>
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