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Guidone 1Throughout time Shakespe argon has influenced society in many ways. He has been a great inspiration to literature, plays, painters, movies and language. Many of his plays and poems have been mandatory as a part of liberal education. His ideas on such subjects as heroism, romantic love, and the nature of tragedy have shaped the attitudes of millions of population and influenced their thinking. Shakespe be contributed greatly to the English speaking language. Many phrases and words from Shakespeares poems and plays have become apart of our everyday speech. Millions of people that use his words or phrases are unaware they are created by him. Some common words he has invented are assassination, bump, eventful, and disgraceful conduct. Shakespeare introduced almost 3,000 words into the Oxford English Dictionary. There are on the whole over 1700 common words of Shakespeare origin in our everyday vocabulary. The most rapid growth of vocabulary in the recorded history of languag e was the period of Shakespeare. referable to his inventiveness and creative word play he has had the greatest impact on our daily vocabulary. Many people quote Shakespeare almost everyday without wise to(p) it. If a person doesnt understand my argument and the one party states Its Greek to me, or if someone has ever Refused to vex an inch, they are quoting excerpts of Shakespeare. Many people re-sight lines from Shakespeares plays without even reading them. One of the most famous lines is To be or not to be. He experimented with all sorts of words and phrases to create vivid pictures in the mind. Shakespeare helped shape many English speaking countries. He often invented and changed words around. Some of Shakespeares words may be confusing or unfamiliar to Guidone 2many of the modern readers. However, many of the words he had employed are no longer cosmos used. Since Shakespeares death he has influenced every generation of writers, painters and still has some impact on contemp orary plays. Many rhetoric devices were used in his work, that writers are often using now. Some familiar ones are alliteration, which is the same sound being repeated in a line or group of lines and repetition, which is when something repeats itself. He often used a lot of imagery, which many writers found useful. With imagery writers were able to create excitement. Shakespeares Macbeth was one of the famous and brilliant examples of imagery. There are many paintings from Macbeth that have been done by some of the best artist.