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'''Shakespeare's education''' was probably very limited, because he used little [[Latin]] and almost no [[Greek]] in his plays. The eulogy to [[Shakespeare]] in the First Folio even chides him for that. | '''Shakespeare's education''' was probably very limited, because he used little [[Latin]] and almost no [[Greek]] in his plays. The eulogy to [[Shakespeare]] in the First Folio even chides him for that. | ||
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| + | "Shakespeare lacked a university education. University-educated, jealous, snooty playwrights might have been keen to take him down a peg."<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/from-coining-1k-words-to-poor-latin-5-myths-about-shakespeares-contribution-to-english/articleshow/93939383.cms?from=mdr</ref> | ||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
[[category:Shakespeare]] | [[category:Shakespeare]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:15, February 15, 2023
Shakespeare's education was probably very limited, because he used little Latin and almost no Greek in his plays. The eulogy to Shakespeare in the First Folio even chides him for that.
"Shakespeare lacked a university education. University-educated, jealous, snooty playwrights might have been keen to take him down a peg."[1]