Wednesday, June 8, 2011

West Civ. Final Exam Question 9

A Renaissance Man is like a polymath,  or a person who is good at  a significant number of different subject area. I would say Shakespeare is a perfect example of a polymath. Shakespeare was almost like the father of poet. He was the best at the written word.  Shakespeare was a businessman, actor, and a writer. Today, his plays are performed and read more often and in more nations than ever before. "In a million words written over 20 years, he captured the full range of human emotions and conflicts with a precision that remains sharp today."  His great contemporary, and dramatist Ben Jonson said, "He was not of an age, but for all time."

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  1. Very strong and concise answer; focusing on "polymath" and supported by the Jonson quote -- excellent.

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