Page William Shakespeare ( - ) was a prolific writer during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre (sometimes called the English Renaissance). Shakespeare’s plays are perhaps his most enduring legacy, but they are not the only things he wrote. Shakespeare’s poems remain popular to this day. Shakespeare’s rich and diverse works have spawned countless adaptations across multiple genres and cultures.
His writings have been compiled in various iterations of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare , which include all his plays, sonnets, and other poems. William Shakespeare continues to be one of the most important literary figures of the English language. About The Author time lifetime parts here, characters ages here, periods of time mewling a small weak noise that a cat makes puking vomiting whining expressing unhappiness creeping walking slowly satchel a shoulder bag furnace place where fire is made woeful unhappy oaths promises pard a large cat, such as a leopard Glossary justice here, a judge, someone very respected saws sayings pouch a small bag for carrying money hose tights, thin trousers that men wore in Shakespeare's time a world too wide much too big pipes a high sound second childishness being like a child again Sans without Contextual meaning of a few difficult phrases. Line : ‘ jealous in honour ’ : The young man takes great care of his honour, his reputation as a good man.
Line : ‘ sudden and quick in quarrel ’ : ‘quarrel’ is a slightly old-fashioned word for an argument; ‘sudden’ here means unpredictable - so in an argument this young man might suddenly become violent. 12th - - All the World’s a Stage Page Line : ‘ Seeking the bubble reputation ’ : a bubble is empty, so by 'seeking the bubble reputation', Shakespeare means a short lived glory. Line : ‘ Even in the cannon's mouth ’ : a 'cannon' - large gun, and its 'mouth' was at the front -so the man seeks his reputation even if it means standing in front of guns. Line : ‘ capon lin’d ’ : ‘to line’