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  2. Sexuality of William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Sexuality of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare 's sexuality has been the subject of frequent debates. It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and had three children with her; scholars have examined their relationship through documents, and particularly through the bequests to her in his will.

  3. Sonnet 20 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 20 is one of the best-known of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Part of the Fair Youth sequence (which comprises sonnets 1 - 126), the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as being male, thereby raising questions about the sexuality of its author.

  4. Troilus and Cressida - Wikipedia

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    ˈkrɛsɪdə / or / ˈtroʊ.ɪlʌs /) [1][2]), is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602. At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles.

  5. Shakespeare’s Obsession With Queer Desire - AOL

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    Shakespeare’s narrator explores his passionate, compulsive desire for a “lovely boy” across 126 poems. If there’s a characteristic mood to Shakespeare’s dozens of queer sonnets, it’s ...

  6. Sonnet 57 - Wikipedia

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    14. —William Shakespeare [1] Sonnet 57 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Sonnet 57 is connected with Sonnet 58 which pursues the theme of the poet as a slave of the beloved.

  7. Sonnet 58 - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare's Sonnet 58 is a syntactic and thematic continuation of Sonnet 57.More generally, it belongs to the large group of sonnets written to a young, aristocratic man, with whom the poem's speaker shares a tempestuous relationship.

  8. Sonnet 87 - Wikipedia

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    Comes home again, on better judgment making. In sleep a king, but waking no such matter. Sonnet 87 is one of 154 sonnets published by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare in 1609. It is part of the Fair Youth sequence, and sometimes included as the last sonnet in the Rival Poet group.

  9. The Merchant of Venice - Wikipedia

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    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.