Card Lores:Ecstacy Poet, Shakespeare

The legendary Bard of Avon. His name was widely known throughout the realm, and some praised him as the greatest playwright of all time. A myriad of characters and worlds were created from his feather quill, all of them fascinating and intriguing. Some characters were deep and thoughtful, some shallow-minded and foolish, and some were purely comical. Even though the stories he wove were mainly* from Greek and Roman history, it was still creative nonetheless. "Shakespeare" had taken conventional poetry rhythm, such as iambic pentameter, and turned it to his advantage, twisting it and experimenting with it to make the motives and sometimes personality of his characters clearer to those who saw his plays. Many were awestruck by how beautiful his poetry was, and were amazed by how a man of middle-class birth grew to be such a genius, creating revolutionary styles of poems that would captivate the audience, tragedies that did not conform to regular tragedies, and other brilliant literary works. His work was so vivid and full of life, that everyone was, or at least in their minds anyway, transported to the worlds of "Shakespeare's" works, and were captivated by the performance. His comedies succeeded in gaining laughs and smiles from even the most grumpy of audiences, and his tragedies moved everyone to tears.

"Shakespeare" was also criticised by some. One had thought of 'Romeo and Juliet' as the worst tragedy he had ever seen, while another slammed 'Titus Andronicus' as being too repetitive. Suspicions arose, some of them doubting that "Shakespeare" himself even wrote his works. However, "Shakespeare" continued his works, taking no notice of the critics. But, one day, a tragedy occurred-the Globe theatre had burned down during a performance of Henry VI, in which a lighted cannnonball had set the roof, and subsequently the whole place, on fire. Crushed, "Shakespeare" decided to stop writing plays for a while, and acted instead to make a living. After a while, though, he started writing again, his works more beautiful than ever. Aside from plays, he also penned sonnets to unknown people, some addressed to a 'Dark Lady' that was spectulated to be "Shakespeare's" friend.