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A 5 page paper which
discusses the significance of the settings in three of Shakespeare's works. The works
discussed are "Antony and Cleopatra," "The Tragedy of King Lear," and "Julius Caesar."
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File: JR7_RAshkset.rtf
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Julie A. Rodgers - November 2001 -- properly! Introduction The setting in any given story serves to provide
the reader with a foundation for which they can better understand a story. We can, for example, better comprehend Shakespeares plays when we understand the time period as well as
the place in which the story takes place. If we were given the story of Hamlet and found that it took place in the 1800s in the French countryside the
images and intention we would obtain from the story would be different, although the primary themes of the story would remain the same. Through setting we are given a story
that is made more elaborate, more dramatic, more tragic. Such is clearly the case with Shakespeare plays. In the following paper we examine three of Shakespeares plays and discuss the
settings of each one. The plays to be discussed and examined are "Antony and Cleopatra," "The Tragedy of King Lear," and "Julius Caesar." Antony and Cleopatra The story
of Antony and Cleopatra is one that takes place in a time period a few decades prior to Christ. It is a historical piece in that regard, as are all
other Shakespearean plays it would seem. In providing us with this particular time period we are given a powerful backdrop in history where the characters lived in palaces and lived
with literally no technology. Yet, despite the lack of such technology we are still able to envision the people as human beings not unlike people today. That was, perhaps, one
of the most powerful elements in Shakespearean plays, for he knew how to write people which transcend such time barriers. In returning to a discussion of the setting in terms
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