Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare
/ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ/
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6 entriesGlobe TheatreShakespeare's playsShakespeare's sonnetsShakespearean tragedyWilliam Shakespearethe Bard
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The Royal Shakespeare Company is presenting The Merchant of Venice next week.
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So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.
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The professor is noted for his study of Shakespeare.
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