![]() ![]() ![]() If you learn only one thing from this blogpost, be it that your examiner won’t mark your exam paper if you use Shakespeare’s handwriting. The name ‘Shakespeare’ was never spelled the same way twice in his signatures and so the spelling we associate with the man today might not even be accurate. So who was this bloke then, a drug lord? Not much is actually known about the man himself. ![]() In fact, he was a bit too cool – in 2015, the remains of a marijuana pipe were found in his garden in Stratford-upon-Avon, and in one of his portraits he dons a very hipster-looking earring. It turns out, Shakespeare was actually a pretty cool guy. ![]() Who the heck was he and why do people care so much about him?! The theory here is, if we break down the components, we’ll be left with a deconstructed pudding of a Renaissance play each element will be more accessible and more easily understood than before. So, let’s start from the very beginning (in the voice of Julie Andrews). And with the added terror of knowing you’ll be examined on it at the end of the year, it’s no wonder A-Level students often shudder at the word ‘Shakespeare’. Opening the pages of a Shakespeare play and attempting to read it for the first time can be… daunting. ![]()
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