Shakespeare, Brookes, and Plagiarism
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CarsonCary Vanderveen EnglishI 18April2013 ShakespeareandPlagiarism ManypeopleknowthetaleofRomeoandJuliet,famously?written?byWilliamShakespeare-itisconsideredaclassictragedy,andbeautifulstoryoflove.Somethingthatiscommonlyoverlooked,however,isthatArthurBrooke?snarrativepoemTheTragicalHistoryofRomeusandJulietisthebasisofShakespeare?sRomeoandJuliet.Brooke?spoemwaspublishedin1562,whereasShakespeare?splaycamealonglaterin1597(Delahoyd).TheverysamecharacternamesandploteventsfromBrooke?spoemwereusedinRomeoandJuliet,butShakespearegavenocredittoBrooke(Hudson).Althoughaccusedofplagiarism,WilliamShakespearesimplyadaptedBrooke?spoemintoaplay. Plagiarismcanbedefinedasthreethings.One-