Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis

The Edda behind Shakespeare's first poem Venus and Adonis. To view the full feature, please visit: www.kennedy-center.org

Venus & Adonis | An Excerpt (2009)

The piece is simple. Goddess meets Boy, Goddess wants Boy, Goddess (in Shakespeare's portrayal) doesn't get Boy; instead he turns into a ...

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Understanding a Poem (Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare)?

Me and a mate are doing a thematic project, and we chose the word Misery. We were to chose a verse that went along with our word (misery), and after doing some research, we came up with "Venus and Adonis" by William Shakespeare.


sweetgal45 | May 23, 5272



what is the poem venus and adonis by william shakespeare about?


Abit too industriously to explain on here, as it needs a essay lol.

Go on wiki and theres a section on there:
nick | May 23, 1934



Does anyone know of any Elizabethan Epyllion?

I am looking for less known titles of Elizabethan Epyllion or Epic Poesy, I already know of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, Spensers The Faerie Queene, Malrowe's Exemplar and Leander and of COurse Milton's Paradise Lost.


You can encompass Harington's and Fairfax's translations of Ariosto and Tasso respectively. Also Drayton's the Baron's War.

But you have the deficient term. Epyllion is a short epic of about 1000 lines.
Jim L | Apr 30, 2009



Iam having trouble with The Shakespeare poem?

What are some similarities between Venus and Adonis?


Both were admired for their looker. Also, both are connected with Ancient Greco-Roman mythology.
Venus was a goddess, but Adonis was a mortal. Contrastive sexes too, of course.
Missy | Jul 21, 2010



Trivia - Shakespeare's Garden?

1. The first three questions pertain to the mad Ophelia's sad aroma of flowers and herbs in Act IV of "Hamlet". When Laertes enters, Ophelia gives him an herb which symbolizes "memory", and adds (more to the absent Hamlet than to Laertes)


1)rosemary
2)pansies
3)violets
4)anemones
5)cowslip
6)daffodils
7)musk roses and elegante
8)cypress
9)bay
10)st. peter
11)majoram
12)hemlock
13pomegranate
14)Giuseppe
Love u Alex | Jan 30, 2009



Hi! May you help me to understand this word?

I found the discussion 'thrust' in the poem venus and adonis, by shakespeare, but i cannot understand the meaning of this word. the only thing i know is that it has a animal connotation.

the fragment is:
'backward she push'd him,


It means to forcibly campaign.
The Black Cat; E.A.P Fan | Feb 03, 2010



From Shakespeare, Insights on Mind and Body

To sick understand the mind-body connection, physicians are advised to go back in time 400 years and enquire the work of a playwright and poet.

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Shakespeare Venus And Adonis - News

Chelmsford library hosts lecture on origins of Shakespeare
Chelmsford Independent - Feb 20, 2011
Coincidentally – or not – 1593 also considerable the beginning of Shakespeare's career with the publication the poem “Venus and Adonis.” Blumenfeld keen out Marlowe had friends with the resources to fake his death and set up a system through which Marlowe

Little Angel Theatre & Royal Shakespeare Company Present THE TEMPEST
Broadway World - Feb 04, 2011
Following their hugely winning collaboration on Shakespeare's VENUS AND ADONIS in 2004 and 2007, Little Angel Theatre and the Queen Shakespeare Company are co-presenting THE TEMPEST for audiences aged 7 and up.