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ACT Reading 1.3 Humanities Passage. According to the passage, when did Shakespeare's "tragic period" occur?
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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Timon of Athens...who is still
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pretty angry at his mom for naming him Timon.
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According to the passage, when did Shakespeare's "tragic period" occur?
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Sometimes dates just don't stick with us.
- 00:31
Which might be a good thing.
Full Transcript
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So it's back to the passage to find the answer to this question. We're just going
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to do a quick skim to see what dates strike our eyes...
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Line 21 tells us everything we need to know.
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It wasn't too hard to spot since it has the only dates mentioned in the passage.
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Here, the passage specifically states when Shakespeare's "tragic period" occurred: from
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about 1601 to 1608. And boom... it's gotta be choice (C).
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Easy peasy.
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We hope you ace the ACT and get into a great college, so the next four years aren't your
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own "tragic period..."
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