4. Sonnet 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” Many of Shakespeare’s most famous monologues open with emblematic opening lines that serve as points of departure for argument.

A rare original handwritten copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 has re-emerged in a 17th-century manuscript. The text, which is very different from the usual version, sheds more light on the ...

In his plays, Shakespeare created complex characters navigating universal issues. He additionally invented the Shakespearean sonnet, a 14-line classic poem form with a set structure and rhyme pattern.