"I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell."

Author: Obeid Al Marri

Greetings and salutations fellow bloggers and blogerettes, in this blog, I’ll be discussing Shakespeare’s wonderful playing skills at the new addition of the Call of Duty series. Let’s get right to it! So Shakespeare…Oh wait a second, what the? My mistake, the title was supposed to be Shakespeare plays, not as in the action of playing. I can never rely on my dog typing my blogs. Blame him not me! Well, I’ll get right to it... First, let me introduce you to Shakespeare’s Plays.

Shakespeare had composed many poems, stories and even plays during his time. As he would create said literature works of art, he would later on create them into plays for his audiences to view. This form of art was utilized for its persistent use of emphasis and dramatization which better suited the audience members that would most often prefer visual representations in contrast to literature.

DID YOU KNOW, The Wizz, William Shakespeare never published any of his plays and therefore none of the “original” manuscripts have survived. Although, this did not permit the use of his manuscripts to be made into plays since the present of copyright laws were not present or put in place during the Elizabethan Era in which, if you follow me constantly and read my previous blogs, theater and plays were at large. Link to my Blog about the Elizabethan Era right here à http://obeidalmarr2.blogspot.ae/

Why were they used?

Plays were used as a form of expressing the numerous concealed political and religious beliefs during Shakespeare’s times and that was the sole reason as to why censorship of some of his plays were implemented in order to suppress any trialing or underpinning ideologies opposing to that of the hierarchies in front of a live audience. It was unlikely that Shakespeare wasn’t actually involved with the production/ publication of his plays. Although two of his poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, were certainly given approval to be published by him.

Some prominent plays created by the one and only, Shakespeare include:

Comedies: Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Anthony and Cleopatra, and King Lear

My experience with Shakespeare’s Plays:

In class, we are currently discussing Macbeth and I am certainly LOVIN’ IT. The protagonists, antagonists, events, ups and downs and the themes are all the aspects that CERTAINLY drew me in to reading and even being a part of this captivating play. These works of arts and their use of text portray an array of vibrant impressions. The use of language and literary devices is not of norm in present society making it difficult for a reader of this era to understand the idioms and phrases in the plays. Make sure if you were attending a play, downloading the Shakespeare translator would help (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shakespeare-translator/id516113826?mt=8) it is available on your Apple devices.

And to conclude this Blog, here is your weekly fact dosage:

Did you know!

In the 1570s, John Shakespeare was prosecuted (or threatened with prosecution) four times for the illegal activities of trading in wool and money-lending.

And…

Shakespeares ‘MacBeth’ could possibly be the origin of ‘Knock-Knock’ jokes. He also used “Your Momma” Jokes, as seen in ‘Jimon of Athens & Jitus Andronicus

Farewell, fair cruelty.