GCG-Introduction

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Shakespeare, like other authors, borrows from history as inspiration for his work. He takes many liberties with historical information and uses his poetical liscence to create his plays. In the process, the line between fact and fiction is blurred, and people begin to wonder if characters and events in Shakespeare's stories are fact or fiction. The only way to know if Shakespeare's plays are historically accurate is to research history!

In order to learn a bit more about Shakespeare's methods and to learn a bit about the history of his play, [|Julius Caesar,] we're going to have to do a little research.