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Shakespeare: In Love and Reality According to Jeremy Giltzer, Hollywood has “turned to history to create inspired moments of action, drama, and patriotism.” It has “provided the movies with some of the most climatic moments and colorful characters imaginable,” while making complicated issues of the past understandable on a modern personal level. “But Hollywood changes and manipulates history in order to clarify and condense it,” (Giltzer). But Shakepeareian expert Stephanie Cowell finds that, while entertaining, …

…actual historical figures. Plays and play-going in the times were well recorded and used by the screenwriters in the effort to validate the film’s accuracy (Shakespeare). Roles of women, clothing, and the Thames River were all considered and used accurately and strongly influenced the making of the film, all of which have been proved by the use of the resources mentioned. In conclusion, Shakepseare is not only “In Love”, but fully represented in reality.