EN 1006 Lecture : 4B englishnotes16-10.doc
17 Apr 2013
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Close-textual analysis (choose 1 of 4 passages) No writer"s living reputation can compare to shakespeare. Chronicle a deeply loving relationship between speaker, young. Relationship often troubled by: man and dark lady : absences, jealousies, speaker"s perception that other writers are winning young, unhappiness after speaker has been abandoned man"s affections. English poet, dramatist, actor: lived in stratford-upon-avon, married anne hathaway in 1582. 1592, writing plays and acting in london. Wrote for 3 different acting companies until 1594. It was crucial for shakespeare to cultivate important friends for his plays to become performed. 1594, was a member of lord chamberlain"s men. Queen elizabeth i ruled between 1558-1603: england regained internal balance and external dynamism, time of cultural renewal. Growth in building of schools and expanding: time of exploration, both creative and geographical university system. Internally stable, and also traveling across the world for exploration and colonial reasons. Whole cosmos created and kept working by god.
