INTRODUCTION: SHAKESPEARE In the 16th century, writers could be seen to be concerned about the second-class status given to English. They had made their move by starting to develop the language and working to make it stronger so it could serve as a cultural force. The last quarter of the 16th century saw an explosion of literary creativity from Edmund Spenser, Phineas Fletcher, Sir Philip Sidney and many other names. Among the famous names in the world of literature during the Elizabethan age, William Shakespeare is still considered one of the greatest English poets to have lived to this day. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. According to Schoenbaum (1987), William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, a successful alderman and glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. He was married to Anne Hathaway. The union was blessed with a daughter named Susanna and a pair of twins named Judith and Hamnet. After the birth of the twins, Shakespeare left few historical traces until he was mentioned on the London theater scene in 1592. Schoenbaum (1987) records the event that scholars call the years between 1585 and 1592 Shakespeare's "lost years" . The beginning of Shakespeare's literary career occurred when English had just begun to replace Latin as the primary medium for poetry. Early modern English, which descended from Middle English, was relatively undeveloped as a literary tool, with few rules and regulations in use compared to the ancient language. Shakespeare had taken on the task of developing English by shaping its grammar, vocabularies and stylistic characteristics... middle of paper...-crossed lovers. It takes the meaning of a couple or unlucky and unfavorable lovers to the stars. This line was mentioned in Act I. “A pair of starre-crost louers, take their lives.” The term 'Vanish into thin air' is still used in the modern literary world and in everyday conversations. The term could be traced in two famous plays of Shakespeare, namely Othello, 1604 and The Tempest, 1610. Its meaning has disappeared without a trace. Shakespeare approached this phrase in Othello, 1604, Act III, Scene 1 and similarly approached it in The Tempest, 1610, Act IV, Scene 1. Clown: Then put your pipe in your bag, for I am going away. Go; vanish into thin air; away! (Taken from Othello, 1604 in Act III, Scene 1)Prospero: These actors of ours, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are dissolved in the air, in nothingness. (Taken from The Tempest, 1610 in Act IV, Scene 1)