Chris jordan ao biography of william shakespeare
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So far, William Shakespeare's plays, mostly his tragedies, have proved themselves proper cases for psychoanalytic criticism, most of which have directly or indirectly been related to Sigmund Freud's theories. Basically, Ernest Jones's... more
So far, William Shakespeare's plays, mostly his tragedies, have proved themselves proper cases for psychoanalytic criticism, most of which have directly or indirectly been related to Sigmund Freud's theories. Basically, Ernest Jones's famous application of Freud's 'Oedipus Complex' on the character of by paved the way for other practitioners to read Shakespeare with a view to the unconscious, repression, id, ego, super ego, uncanny, etc., all of which were developed bygd Freud. However, as inom believe, Shakespeare's plays have the flexibility and potential to be analyzed bygd other, more modern, psychoanalytic concepts, which at the same time review and amend some basic theories of Freud. I think, Julia Kr
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People/Characters William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare, a name that needs no recognition, was the greatest dramatist of English literature. However, very few facts about his life are recorded, even if that is also a guess and not certain. There is no authentic biography of Shakespeare available.
Shakespeare was born on April 231564 in Stratford, Warwickshire. Both his father, John Shakespeare and his mother, Mary Arden, were uneducated. In his early life, perhaps Shakespeare attained grammar school where he learnt some Latin and Greek. It is considered that he never went to high school or college. Nature was his teacher, and he had a deep insight through which he learned human nature. His works were mostly based on his imagination and his perception and experience of human life. When he was 14, due to his family's economic crisis, he had to leave his school to do some job to support his family. It is not clear what kind of job he had done. There is speculation that p