Literature

Did you know that much of the English we use today has been shaped by Shakespeare’s English? Between roughly 1590 and 1613, William Shakespeare […]

When Shakespeare was writing plays during the Early Modern period (around 1590–1613), he probably had no idea that people would still be repeating his […]

Shakespeare invented lots of words and expressions that we still use in the Modern English language. He also created many famous quotes that people […]

Did you know that there are hundreds of words and phrases in English that were created by Shakespeare? From swagger to break the ice, […]

Did Shakespeare really use insults? Yes – he loved insults, and his plays are full of them! During the late 1500s and early 1600s, […]