#MISSING_WORD-1020Select Missing WordCore & AcademicHard
Question 21
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During Shakespeare's career, outbreaks of the plague frequently forced London's theaters to close, sometimes for over a year. With the stage unavailable, Shakespeare could not rely on the box office and instead turned his hand to narrative poetry. Works like Venus and Adonis were composed during these hiatuses, designed for the printing press rather than the stage. This transition fundamentally altered the consumption of his art, shifting it from a communal event to the experience of an ...
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