Shakespeare wasn’t ignorant of the New World he references America in The Comedy Of Errors, so it’s not impossible that Shakespeare based his last great play on this “Brave New World.” The survivors wrote down their story in a book called A Discovery of the Bermudas, Otherwise Called the Isle Of Devilsin 1610, which could have inspired Shakespeare to write The Tempest. In 1609, a voyage to repopulate the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia hit a terrible storm and was shipwrecked in an island in the Bermudas. After all, Virginia was named after Shakespeare’s ruler, the virgin queen Elizabeth. The first settlements in Virginia occurred in Shakespeare’s lifetime. What follows is a brief history that hopefully helps explain why, even though he was born in England, Shakespeare is as American as it gets. Reason #1: Shakespeare Himself Is Part Of the Educational Establishment.įrom the beginning of American education, Shakespeare has influenced education. I will answer this question in three posts, with three different responses, to try and make my answers as complete, and yet concise as possible:
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