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William Shakespeare Research Paper

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Shakespeare Never Died Cultivating artist, Andy Warhol was quoted saying, “The idea is not to live forever, but to create something that will”. Whether it be a work of art, a belief, an ideal; influential figures always discovered ways to create something that will stand the test of time. In order for said input to society to outrun the inevitable chase of time, it must find a way to constantly change and evolve with society. After the extraordinary human bares the gifts to society, it is society’s sole purpose to protect it from time. Shakespeare’s literature works are arguably one of the most important and influential gifts to the English society, since Jesus’s gift of Christian. His works affects how as a society people talk and view the …show more content…

Shakespeare forever imprinted himself in the English language, by completely reinventing the fundamental guidelines of the language. Particularly, he utilized a unique skills of modifying nouns and verbs to create new words. Shakespeare greatly expanded the English vocabulary and is said to create “roughly 1,700 English words including everyday ones like “jaded” and “bandit” and “mountaineer.” (Marche). His usage of words took the English speaking language to new levels. improving the generic word stock of Pre-Shakespearean English culture (Popova). Today almost five hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, English speakers still employ words and phrases that he …show more content…

Had he not taught us the word “gloomy” (Titus Andronicus), would it be a feeling we recognised in ourselves? And could we “grovel” effectively (Henry VI, Part II) or be properly “sanctimonious” (The Tempest) had he not shown us how? (Anderson). Shakespeare, unknowingly, created a complete and original vocabulary, entirely designed to help a person label his or her experiences in their life. The English culture’s capability of expressing their feelings about the objects their atmosphere. The English Culture’s persistence to communicate his or her thoughts by employing Shakespeare’s word, preserves Shakespeare’s works throughout time. Never before and never after has someone impacted the way English speaking culture expresses their self as a society, the way Shakespeare did. He influenced the way English speakers talk and added hundreds of new words to the English Language. The English Society’s literature and arts have both benefited greatly from the contributions and inspirations from Shakespeare’s work. The way the English Society experience the world around them was penetrated by Shakespeare’s influence. His works have stood the tests of time to date and his influences are forever immortal, as long as there is an English speaking

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